Recipe: 00172 Title : Death by Chocolate Author: Caroline O'Neal Plowden Date : June 1995 _________________________________________________________________________ 2 c. flour 1 tbsp. double-acting baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 2 c. sugar 2 large eggs 1 stick unsalted butter at room temperature, quartered 1 c. sour cream 1/2 c. water 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1/2 c. plus 2 tbsp. cocoa 1 12-oz package semisweet chocolate chips powdered sugar Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda twice. Place in a small bowl. Beat the sugar and eggs in a large mixing bowl until sugar is dissolved. Add butter and mix into egg mixture thoroughly. Add sour cream, water, vanilla extract, and beat. Add flour mixture and cocoa and beat slowly just until flour is absorbed. Do not overbeat. Fold in chocolate chips and pour into buttered Bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour. When cool, sift powdered sugar on top. Variation: Replace 1/4 c. of the water with Grand Marnier. -=-=-=-=-=-=- _________________________________________________________________________