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Ingredients
- 8 (43 g) hershey milk chocolate candy bars
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 - 1 cup pecans (chopped)
Method
- Preheat oven to 300°F Grease 10" tube pan or 2 loaf pans.
- Melt chocolate at 50% power for 2 minutes in microwave, then stir every 30 seconds (at 50% power) until melted.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each egg.
- Beat in melted chocolate and vanilla.
- In small bowl, sift together the flower, baking powder, & salt.
- In separate small bowl, stir buttermilk and baking soda together.
- Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately in thirds; avoid overmixing.
- When batter is smooth, add pecans.
- Bake until toothpick comes out clean, aobut 1 hour 45 mins for tube pan, about 1 hour 10 minutes for loaf pans.
- Cool 10 minutes on rack in pan, then turn out cake to rack and cool completely.
- Needs no frosting!
