Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Cake

Ingredients for Cake:

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

½ cup butter at room temperature

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups chocolate chips

Ingredients for Topping:

½ cup nuts

½ cup sugar

2 tsp. cinnamon

¼ cup butter (only to be used with second half of mixture)

• In mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time mixing well.  Then add sour cream.
• In small bowl sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Slowly add to wet ingredients.  Mix in vanilla and chocolate chips.
• Put one half batter in greased and floured bundt cake pan.  Sprinkle half of topping on first half of cake and add remaining batter.  
• Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
• Melt ¼ cup butter and add to remaining topping mixture.
• At 30 minutes remove cake from oven, pour topping mixture over cake and return to oven for 15 more minutes or until knife comes out clean.
• Wait 10 minutes before removing from pan.

- Christina Sorensen