Hershey'S Milk Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

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)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300\u00b0F 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!