Mini Chip Pound Cake Submitted by Bonnie Dunham

Mini Chip Pound Cake                     Submitted by Bonnie Dunham

Joey Murphy, a fellow first grade teacher, gave me this excellent recipe. She used to bring this cake to school functions.

CAKE

1 cup butter, no substitutes

2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

3 eggs

3 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

1 package, 12 oz., Nestles mini chocolate chips

Combine butter, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Cream until fluffy. Add eggs and beat well.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Stir together Add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beating until smooth. Stir in the mini chips.

Pour into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan. Bake at 350 for 80 minutes. Cool completely and remove from pan.

Chocolate Glaze

4 1/2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate

4 1/2 tablespoons butter

¾   teaspoon salt

1 box confectioners sugar

1/3 cup milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

Melt chocolate and butter over low heat. Remove from heat and add other ingredients. Add enough milk to make a thick glaze. Beat well. Drizzle over top and let run down the sides of the cake. Eat leftover glaze!