Chocolate Chip Cake

Source: Close-up on Cakes Active Time: 15 Minutes Total Time: 1 Hour 20 Minutes Serves 20

INGREDIENTS 8 ounces cream cheese, cut into small pieces 1 cup unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 1 1/2 cups sugar 5 eggs 2 tablespoons buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups all-purpose lour 2 teaspoons baking po!der 1 cup chocolate chips "on ectioners# sugar, or dusting DIRECTIONS $reheat the oven to %50 degrees &' (rease and lour t!o )- x 5-inch loa pans' $lace the cream cheese, butter, and sugar in a ood processor and process until smooth' *t ma+ be necessar+ to do this in % or , batches' -hen smooth, beat in the eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla' .i t together the lour and baking po!der and old in, along !ith the chocolate chips' .poon into prepared pans and bake or 1 hour, or until a ske!er inserted in the center comes out clean' /et cool or 5-10 minutes be ore turning out onto a !ire rack to cool completel+' .erve dusted !ith the sugar' 0ecipe reprinted b+ permission o -eldon 0ussell' 1ll rights reserved' 2utrition *n ormation .erves 20 - &acts $er .erving3 Calories: 5)8 Fat. Total: %,g Car oh!"rates# Total: 48g Cholesterol: 181mg So"i$m: 15%mg %rotei&: )g Fi er: 2g ' Cal. (rom Fat: 515 Fat# Sat$rate": 0g