Categories: Cakes, Desserts 
      Yield: 12 servings 
  
    3/4 c  Butter; or margarine, soft 
      2 c  Sugar 
      2 ts Vanilla 
      3    Eggs 
  2 3/4 c  Flour 
  1 1/4 ts Baking soda; divided 
    1/2 ts Salt 
      1 c  Buttermilk 
    3/4 c  Chocolate topping 
    1/2 c  Semi-sweet chocolate chips 
 
-----------------------------CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE----------------------------- 
    1/2 c  Semi-sweet chocolate chips 
      1 tb Shortening 
  
  Heat oven to 350Ü F.  Generously grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan. 
  In bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until well blended.   Add eggs; 
  beat well.  Stir together flour, 1 t. baking soda and salt; add 
  alternately to butter mixture with buttermilk.  Pour 4 cups batter into 
  prepared pan.  In remaining batter, stir in topping and remaining 1/4 t. 
  baking soda.  Spoon over vanilla batter.  Sprinkle chocolate chips over 
  surface.  Bake 50 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes 
  out almost clean.  Cool 10 minutes, remove from pan to wire rack.  Glace 
  with Chocolate drizzle.  12-16 servings. 
  Drizzle: melt chocolate chips with shortening.