The birthday boy, relaxing on an arm chair.
Vanilla Fudge Marble Cake
Today I am sharing an amazing cake called, Vanilla -Fudge Marble Cake
From the “Red plaid favorites” (Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook)
So, my mom, Barbara seemed to love to save recipes from magazines. This one came from Successful Farming September 2002. It was so pretty and good tasting too!
Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups buttermilk or sour milk
1 recipe Semisweet Chocolate Icing
Step1: Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30minutes
Step2: Meanwhile, grease and lightly flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan
Step3: In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Step4: 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.
Step5:Add eggs one at a time, beating on medium speed 1 minute after each addition and scraping bowl frequently.
Step6:Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined. Reserve 2 cups batter. Pour remaining batter into prepared pan.
Step7: In a mixing bowl combine chocolate syrup and reserved. Beat on low speed until well combined.
Step8: Pour chocolate batter over vanilla batter in pan. Do not mix.
Step9: Bake in a 350 degree oven about 50minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 15minutes on wire rack. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Drizzle cake with Semisweet Chocolate Icing. Makes 12 servings.
Semisweet Chocolate Icing: In a small saucepan heat 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate pieces, 2 Tbsp butter, 1 Tbsp light-colored corn syrup, and 1/2 tsp vanilla over low heat, stirring until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth. Use immediately.
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