(by Shirley McNevich)
2 sticks softened butter (no substitutes)
4 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
3 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups white sugar
3 tsp. vanilla
2 cups Breakstone's sour cream
2 tsp. baking powder
Topping: 2 tsp. cinnamon; 1 cup white sugar; 1 - 6oz. bag Nestle's
semi-sweet chocolate chips
In a mixer add butter and 2 cups white sugar--beat. Add eggs--beat.
Add salt, baking soda, baking powder and vanilla--beat. Add sour
cream--beat. Slowly add flour--beat until smooth. Pour 1/2 of the
batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 cake pan. In a separate bowl
add cinnamon, 1 cup white sugar--stir. Sprinkle 1/2 of the cinnamon
mixture on top of the batter in the cake pan. Sprinkle all of the
chocolate chips on top of the cinnamon mixture. Pour the rest of the
batter on top of the chocolate chips. Sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon
mixture on top of the final batter layer. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45
minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness.
 
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This recipe is from Shirley McNevich's first Mom's Best Recipes Volume 5. Published here with permission.
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