Vanilla-Fudge Marble Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/4 cups buttermilk or 1 1/4 cups sour milk
2/3 cup chocolate flavored syrup

Preparation

Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, grease and lightly flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan.
In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on low to medium speed about 30 seconds.
Add sugar and vanilla; beat until fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time. Add milk and flour mixture alternately. Beat on high for 2 minutes.
Reserve 2 cups batter.
Pour remaining batter into prepared pan.
In a mixing bowl combine chocolate syrup and reserved 2 cups batter.
Mix well.
Pour chocolate batter over vanilla batter in pan.
Do not mix.
Bake in a 350\u00b0 oven about 50 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
Cool 15 minutes on wire rack.
Remove from pan: cool completely on wire rack.
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