Vanilla Choco-Chip Pound Cake

Finally,finally I made it.The pound cake recipe must have been the one which I had bookmarked since ages.Every time some one posts it,I go into a dream and imagine myself eating all of it with no guilt bells ringing behind.Alas,they do and I am back to reality.Somehow,the thought of adding equal amount of butter put me off.I wondered if ever I would be able to take the plunge and do it.

As they say,I overcame the thought and made it after all;).Few days back,we went to a beach resort in Mahabalipuram and I made this for our on-the-way-snack.Though the journey took us only 45 minutes or so,all of us loved the cake very much.[There’s no reason to dislike this wonder-just pure goodness oozing out].Calories shared is calories not earned,so we forgot all about dieting and exercise and gorged on this one.

I saw this recipe first at Deeba’s blog.Though I fell in love with her bundt pan first,the recipe too has been pulling me back with a magic wand.I decided I’d make this when I get a bundt pan of my own.Recently,I hopped on to Purple Foodie’s blog and she had a recipe for the Pound cake which she made in a Loaf tin..now now,that’s something I have.So if you are willing to forget all about diet and weight and calories..this is the one for you.Pure butter heaven:).

On another note-I am on a diet from today and can’t stop dreaming of a pound cake..sigh!!

Vanilla Choco-Chip Pound Cake

Recipe adapted from Deeba & Shaheen

Ingredients

Butter; room temperature - 200gms

Eggs-4,large

Sugar(granular)-1 cup

Flour - 1 ½ cups

Whole-wheat flour - ½ cup

Baking powder - 1tsp

A pinch of salt

Chocolate chips -½ cup

Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

Method

Grease and flour a loaf tin.

Preheat oven to 175C.

Sift together the two flours, baking powder and salt.

Beat the butter & sugar well till light & fluffy.

Beat in eggs 1 by 1, beating well after each addition

Add the essence.
On low speed, beat in the flour, bit by bit, till well incorporated (4-5 goes).

Fold in the chocolate chips.

Turn into prepared pan and bake for approx 1 hour / till done.

Deeba's tip-If top seems to be getting too brown, loosely cover top with foil until done.

Leave in pan for 10 minutes, and then turn it out on rack to cool completely.

Slice and indulge:)

As I mentined earlier-bake this one and share the calories.Serve it for a tea-party and forget about those guilt pangs.So I am sharing this with Aparna & Meeta for this month's Monthly Mingle where the theme for the month is High-Tea treats.