Londa's Chocolate Pumpkin Cake (loaves)

I make these almost every Christmas to pass out to neighbors and friends.  Londa's Christmas tradition. They have a
pumpkin-ee/chocola-tee/autumn-ee taste. My best friend Linda loves them with her breakfast.

Chocolate Pumpkin Cake (loaves)

1 1/4 cup oil
3 1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
l 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
l 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3 3/4 cup flour
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
3 1/2 cup canned solid pumpkin (Libby's is best)
3 squares unsweetened chocolate
1 1/4 teaspoons soda
1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoons cloves
1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
several big handfuls chocolate chips

Melt the chocolate chips in 1/2 cup oil (low heat). Cool.

In separate bowl cream the remaining oil and the sugar.  Beat in eggs and melted chocolate.  Add the pumpkin and vanilla.

Combine dry ingredients together.  Mix in chocolate chips. Mix into the creamed mixture.

Put in greased loaf pans.

regular loaf pans makes about 4 and bake for 60 minutes
little/mini loaf pans makes about 7 and bake for 50 minutes
regular loaf pans make about 3 and bakes for 75 minutes