Ingredients
1 cup milk
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
2 package active dry yeast
3 1/3 cup siften a-p flour
3 eggs
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Directions
Cake part:
Generously grease a 10-inch tube pan; set aside. Measure milk and
butter into saucepan; heat until warm. Meanwhile mix sugar, salt,
yeast, and 1 cup flour. Add liquid to dry ingredients. Beat for 2
minutes at medium speed of elec. mixer, scraping bowl occasionally.
Add 1 cup of flour and eggs. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes,
scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in remaining 1 1/2 cups of flour and
chocolate chips. Turn dough into prepared pan; sprinkle with coffee
topping (recipe below). Cover pan and let dough rise in a warm place
until doubled, approximately 1 hour. Bake in 400 oven for 35 to 40
minutes or until done. Turn out of pan immediately.
Coffee topping:
1/2 cup siften flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup
chopped walnuts (optional) 1/3 cup chocolate chips 1 tsp instant
coffee 1 tsp vanilla
Combine flour, sugar, and butter. Rub together with the fingers, to
make coarse crumbs. Add and blend in the nuts, chocolate chips,
instant coffee, and vanilla.
Recipe from Hayden Flour Mills of Tempe, AZ, 1978.
Servings: 6 servings
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