MOM'S ORIGINAL HERSHEY CAKE RECIPE (1955)

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This is my mother's Famous Hershey Cake. You can tell how old this recipe is by the price of the Hershey bars. We in the family have always loved this recipe. There was a time that we thought the recipe had been lost, but I found it in the pages of an old cookbook, Thank Goodness. Mom never put icing on this cake, because it...

Provided by Linda Howe

Categories     Chocolate

Time 1h30m

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 stick butter
8 hershey 5 cent candy bars (12 1/2 ozs.)
2 c sugar
4 eggs
1 c buttermilk
2 1/2 c flour
1/4 tsp soda
1 c pecans, chopped
2 tsp vanilla extract

Steps:

  • 1. Melt butter in Mircrowave for 2 minutes. Soften Hershey Candy Bars by adding to hot butter.
  • 2. Add sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add dry ingredients with buttermilk.
  • 3. Add vanilla and Pecans. Bake in greased and floured tube pan or bundt pan. Bake 70 - 80 minutes at 325°.
  • 4. No Icing needed!

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