Dessert Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cake

1/4 lb. butter
1 C sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
1 C semisweet chocolate morsels - or more to taste
1 C walnut or pecan pieces
1 C flour
1/2 t. baking powder
pinch of salt

Preheat the oven to 350. Remove the ring from an 8 inch springform pan and line the bottom with wax paper. Replace the ring.

Cream the butter and sugar together until light. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients, beating as you add them until the batter is smooth.

Spread the bater in the springform pan. Sprinkle on the chocolate chips and nuts. Bake for 25 minutes. The top should be lightly golden. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove the ring and sprinkle top of cake with powdered sugar.