Chocolate Pound Cake
["8 milk chocolate bars without nuts (1.55 oz. each)", "2 Tbsp. water", "1/2 c. butter or margarine", "4 eggs", "2 tsp. vanilla", "2 1/2 c. sifted cake flour", "1/2 tsp. salt", "1/4 tsp. baking soda", "1 c. buttermilk", "1/2 c. chopped pecans", "2 c. sugar"]
["In a saucepan, melt chocolate with water over low heat. Mixture will begin to harden.", "Cream butter and sugar.", "Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.", "Blend in vanilla and chocolate mixture.", "Stir together flour, salt and soda; add alternately with buttermilk to batter.", "Fold in nuts, if desired. Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch pan (tube).", "Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours or until cake tests done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.", "Allow cake to stand 10 minutes before removing from the pan.", "Cool on wire rack; sprinkle with powdered sugar."]
["chocolate", "water", "butter", "eggs", "vanilla", "cake flour", "salt", "baking soda", "buttermilk", "pecans", "sugar"]