Prepare the oven and pans

• Preheat the oven to 175 °C
• Butter the loaf pans generously

Cream the butter and sugar

• Beat the butter with the sugar until pale and fluffy
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each

Make the batter

• Whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt
• Fold the dry ingredients into the butter mixture alternately with the milk
• Stir in the vanilla extract and the chocolate chips

Bake the pound cakes

• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans
• Bake until golden and a skewer comes out clean

Cool and serve

• Let the cakes cool in the pans, then turn out onto a cooling rack
• Slice and serve