Classic Hershey Bar Cake

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter or margarine - softened
1 1/4 cups	247g / 8.7oz	Granulated sugar
4		Eggs
6		Hershey's milk chocolate* - melted
2 1/2 cups	156g / 5.5oz	All-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Baking soda
1		Salt
1 cup	237ml	Buttermilk or sour milk*
1/2 cup	164g / 5.8oz	Hershey's syrup
2 teaspoons	10ml	Vanilla extract
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Pecans - chopped
		Powdered sugar (optional)

Recipe Instructions

* 1.55 ounce bars

Heat oven to 350F. 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.

Source:
Castle in the Country Bed and Breakfast, Allegan, Michigan

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