Vanilla-Fudge Marble Cake

From the new "Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book". Look for the Semisweet Chocolate Icing Semisweet Chocolate Icing that goes with this.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 12

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

Directions

1. Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, grease and lightly flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan.
3. In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
4. Set aside.
5. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on low to medium speed about 30 seconds.
6. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until fluffy.
7. Add eggs one at a time. Add milk and flour mixture alternately. Beat on high for 2 minutes.
8. Reserve 2 cups batter.
9. Pour remaining batter into prepared pan.
10. In a mixing bowl combine chocolate syrup and reserved 2 cups batter.
11. Mix well.
12. Pour chocolate batter over vanilla batter in pan.
13. Do not mix.
14. Bake in a 350° oven about 50 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
15. Cool 15 minutes on wire rack.
16. Remove from pan: cool completely on wire rack.
17. Drizzle cake with Semisweet Chocolate Icing recipe #45105.