Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1 1/2 tablespoons water
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350-degrees f.
• 2 grease and flour 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• 3 blend sugar and cocoa in saucepan.
• 4 stir in water.
• 5 simmer over med.
• 6 -lowheat, stirring until smooth.
• 7 simmer for 3 minutes.
• 8 cool.
• 9 cream butter or margaine in large bowl until fluffy.
• 10 beat in sugar and eggs.
• 11 blend in vanilla.
• 12 sift flour, baking powder and salt.
• 13 add sifted ingredients alternately with milk to creamed mixture.
• 14 fold in chocolate chips.
• 15 pour 1/3 of batter into pan.
• 16 divide remaining batter in half.
• 17 mix one portion (one half of remaining batter) into cocoa mixture with baking soda.
• 18 spoon over batter in pan.
• 19 top with remaining (1/3 of original batter) batter.
• 20 bake for 65-75 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.