Checkerboard Masterpiece(Fun To Make, But A Little Tricky) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
3/4 c. butter
1 c. granulated sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 sq. baking chocolate, melted

Preparation

Sift flour.
Measure
and
resift
3
times with baking powder and salt.
Cream butter.
Mix in sugar thoroughly.
Add eggs and beat
until
smooth and fluffy.
Add vanilla and stir in flour mixture
in
several
portions until smooth.
Divide mixture in 2 portions
and mix melted cooled chocolate with 1 portion.
Line a small bread loaf pan or refrigerator freezing tray with wax paper.
Pack
1/2
the chocolate dough into the bottom in a uniform
layer.
Place in refrigerator until very firm, then cover this
with half the plain dough, then repeat chilling and add another
layer
of chocolate and finally the last of plain
dough. Try
to
keep
the
layers
uniform
in thickness and
smooth. Cover
with
wax paper and chill overnight in the refrigerator. Turn the layered loaf out onto wax paper on a
molding
board
and cut into uniform thick slices, using a
thin
sharp
knife.