MILK CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 6 (1.55 ounce) milk chocolate candy bars, melted
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 (5-1/2 ounce) can chocolate syrup
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Powdered sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter, gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add melted candy bars. Combine flour, soda and salt, add to chocolate mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended after each addition. Add pecans, chocolate syrup, and vanilla, blending well.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 10" Bundt or tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes, remove from pan, and cool completely. Sift a small amount of powdered sugar, over cake.