Chocolate Tunnel Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup crisco cooking oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon almonds
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 3 ounces baker's semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 2 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted & cooled

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• 2 stir well to blend.
• 3 beat sugar, oil and vanilla extract thoroughly in a large mixer bowl.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 stir in flour mixture alternately with milk.
• 6 divide batter in half.
• 7 stir both chopped and melted chocolate into one half, mix well.
• 8 spoon half of plain batter into greased 10" tube pan; top with chocolate batter and then remaining plain batter.
• 9 bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• 10 cool 15 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
• 11 sprinkle with icing sugar if desired.