Chocolate Almond Marble Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 c. Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate morsels
3 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. vegetable oil
3/4 tsp. almond extract
5 eggs
1 c. milk
confectioners sugar
1 1/2 c. sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Melt over hot (not boiling) water, 1/2 cup morsels.
Stir until smooth; set aside.
In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
In large bowl, combine sugar, vegetable oil and almond extract; beat well.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Gradually beat in flour mixture alternately with milk.
Divide batter in half.
Stir melted morsels and remaining 3/4 cup morsels into 1/2 of batter; mix well.
Pour 1/2 plain batter into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
Top with 1/2 of chocolate batter. Repeat layers with remaining batters.
Bake for 65 to 70 minutes. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan.
Cool completely on wire rack. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.