7-UP Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

1 1/2 cups softened butter
3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
5 eggs
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa
3/4 cup 7-Up soda
1 cup semisweet chocolate chip
 

1. Cream butter with an electric mixer.
2. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Stir in flour and cocoa, blending thoroughly.
5. Stir in 7UP.
6. Fold in chocolate chips.
7. Spoon into a well greased 10-inch tube pan.
8. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.
9. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
10. Remove from pan, cool completely.