Marble Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter or margarine
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 cups self-rising flour
1 square unsweetened chocolate (1 ounce), melted and cooled
2 tablespoon boiling water
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
powdered sugar (optional)

Preparation

Bring butter, eggs and milk to room temperature.
Preheat oven to 325 degree.
Grease a 9-by-5-by-3- inch loaf pan; set aside. With electric mixer, beat butter on medium speed until fluffy. Gradually add the 1 1/4 cups sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each, scraping bowl often.
Add milk, lemon peel and juice, beat on low speed until blended.
Gradually add flour to beaten mixture, beating at low speed just until smooth.
Divide batter in half.
Combine chocolate, boiling water, 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon; Stir into half the batter.
In prepared pan, alternate spoonfuls of light and dark batters.
Using a narrow spatula, stir gently through batter to marble.
Bake about 1 hour and 10 minutes or until cake tests done.
Cool 10 minutes on a wire rack.
Remove from pan and cool completely.
Sift powdered sugar over cake if desired.