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Hershey Cake

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CATEGORY CUISINE TAG YIELD
Dairy, Eggs, Grains Chocolate, Cakes 6 Servings

INGREDIENTS

10 oz Plain Hershey bars
1/2 ts Soda
1 c Margarine or butter
1 c Buttermilk
2 c Sugar
5 1/2 oz can Hershey Chocolate Syrup
4 Eggs
2 ts Vanilla
2 1/2 c Flour
2 1/2 c Chopped nuts
1/4 ts Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt Hershey bars in double boiler. Cream margarine and sugar. Add melted
Hershey bars. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift together flour, salt, and soda and add alternately with buttermilk.
Add chocolate syrup, vanilla and nuts. Bake in greased and floured tube pan
at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
Recipe by: Mrs. Frank Duke Found in: River Road Recipes II Shared by: Scott
Ward
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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