*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                         Classic Hershey Bar Cake

Recipe By     : Hershey Kitchens
Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1       c            Butter -- softened
   1 1/4   c            Granulated sugar
   4                    Eggs
   6                    Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars
                        - (1.55 oz ea) -- melted
   2 1/2   c            All-purpose flour
     1/4   ts           Baking soda
   1       ds           Salt
   1       c            Buttermilk or sour milk *
     1/2   c            Hershey's syrup
   2       ts           Vanilla extract
   1       c            Pecans -- chopped
                        Powdered sugar (optional)

  Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 10" 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.

  Yield: 12 Servings
  
  * To sour milk: Use 1 tb white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.
  
  Hershey's is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation.
  
  Formatted by: Karen Mintzias
 

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