Friday, July 8, 2011

let them eat cinnamon-and-chocolate-chip cake

When I arrived home from work yesterday, seven family members greeted me -- two sons, two sisters, a niece, a nephew, and Jerry.  James was working on an on-line job test (even though he would have rather been watching a Harry Potter DVD), and everybody else was waiting for a slice of Ruthie's famous cinnamon-and-chocolate-chip cake.  It turned out to be well worth waiting for, fresh and warm from the oven.

I would print the recipe here if I had it...

... and I'm getting spoiled by these family get-togethers.  Mary, don't go!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't know if you know that we got the recipe from Mrs. Bacon years ago. I'll send it to you in an email attachment.

vickie

Howard said...

thanks, Vickie! here it is..

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cake
Mix in separate bowl:
3 cups flour (sift for extra fluffiness)
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda

Cream together:
1 cup margarine (2 sticks softened)
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
Add 2 tsp vanilla to creamed mixture

Alternately add (1/3 of each each time)
flour mixture
2 cups sour cream (16 oz)

Pour 1/3 to almost 1/2 cake mixture into 9 x 13 plan (sprayed with PAM)
stir 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon, then sprinkle onto cake mixture
sprinkle 1/2 bag of mini chocolate chips onto cake mixture

Pour in rest of cake mixture
stir 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon, then sprinkle onto cake mixture
sprinkle 1/2 bag of mini chocolate chips onto cake mixture

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes