This recipe came from a friend of my grandmother.  Her son went to high school with my dad.  Don’t eat this if you’re dieting!

Chocolate Dessert

1/2 cup cold butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 square baking chocolate
2 large eggs *
1 tsp vanilla
graham cracker pie crust (9″)

Melt chocolate over double boiler and cool to room temperature.  Cream together butter and sugar.  Add cooled chocolate.  Add 1 egg, beat for 5 full minutes on high speed, add second egg, beat for 5 full minutes on high speed.  Add vanilla.  Pour into pie crust and refrigerate to set.  Store in refrigerator.

* Make sure your eggs are fresh, as this pie does not get cooked.

Another one of my favorites from Mom!

Chocolate Chip Cake

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
12 oz chocolate chips

Grease and flour a bundt pan.  Cream together butter, sugar, eggs and sour cream.  Mix four, salt and baking soda, add to wet mixture.  Stir in chocolate chips.  Bake for 45 min. at 350.

Optional - for presentation, you can dust with powdered sugar.  Be sure to allow the cake to cool completely, or the sugar will just melt into the cake.