Classic Hershey Bar Cake
Ingredients
1 cup butter or margarine - softened
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs
6 hershey's milk chocolate bars (1.55, oz. each) - mel
2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 dash salt
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*
1/2 cup hershey's syrup
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
1 powdered sugar (optional)
Preparation
Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour 10-inch tube
pan or 12-cup fluted tube pan. In large mixer bowl, beat butter until
creamy; gradually add granulated sugar, beating on medium speed of
electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating
well after each addition. Add chocolate; beat until blended. Stir
together flour, baking soda and salt; add to chocolate mixture
alternately with buttermilk, beating until blended. Add syrup and
vanilla; beat until blended. Stir in pecans. Pour batter into
prepared pan. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes or until wooden pick
inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove
from pan to wire rack. Cool completely. Sift powdered sugar over top,
if desired. 12 to 16 servings.
* To sour milk: Use 1 tablespoon white vinegar plus milk to equal 1
cup.
Hershey's is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation.
Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.
Meal-Master compatible format by: Karen Mintzias
Servings: 1
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