German Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

11 Reviews

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 1 hr 30 min
Ready In: 2 hr

“An easy pound cake with German, or semi sweet chocolate chips.” - by MITCHEL

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Original recipe yields 2 - 9 inch loaf pans

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch loaf pans. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and butter flavoring. Add the flour mixture, alternating with the buttermilk, and mix well. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips.
Divide batter into 2 - 9 inch loaf pans. Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (14 total)

Calories
504 cal
25%

Fat
25.8 g
40%

Carbs
66.2 g
21%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Georgette

Jul. 30, 2008

"Made it twice, the first time as written. Yuck-- why tolerate the health hazards of hydrogenated fats? Second time, made it with butter (as pound cakes were originally made) and of course skipped the..." See more butter flavoring. Ahhh... much better! So one star as written, but 4 stars with my alteration."

CHAYDEN

Sep. 22, 2003

"This was yummy! Very quick and was it moist! Tastes best when warm. It has become one of the desserts of choice at our weekly barbecues...." See more"

Pam-3BoysMama

Mar. 16, 2008

"I cut this recipe in half to try it out. The cake fell after I removed it from the oven, but was still very tasty. I used butter-flavored shortening since I didn't have the butter flavoring. It was ve..." See morery moist and tasty. My husband gave this two thumbs up."

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