Vanilla-Fudge Marble Cake

Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups 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
2/3 cup chocolate syrup
1 recipe Semisweet Chocolate Icing (will be at the end of this recipe)

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 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 1 at a time, beating on low 1 minute after each addition and scraping bowl frequently. 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.

In a small mixing bowl combine chocolate syrup and reserved 2 cups batter. Beat on low speed until well combined. Pour chocolate batter over vanilla batter in pan. Do not mix.

Bake in a 350 oven about 50 minutes or until done. Cool 15 minutes on a wire rack. Remove from pan; cool completely. Drizzle with Semisweet Chocolate Icing.

Semisweet Chocolate Icing:
In a small saucepan, heat 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate pieces, 2 Tbsp butter, 1 Tbsp corn syrup and 1/4 tsp vanilla over low heat, stirring until it melts and is smooth. Use immediately.

What I did differently from the recipe:
Nothing, except I never use an electric mixer, so don't feel like you have to either.

What I'll do differently next time:
Nothing.

Verdict:
Thumbs up!! What a delish cake!! I was supposed to make this for our Fall Festival at church - for the cake walk - but I had to dump it out of the pan immediately after it baked or else we were going to be late. You guessed it - part of the cake stuck to the pan, making a delicious, but very ugly cake. We kept it here to nibble on. It is incredibly moist and it's so yummy! Next time I won't be in such a hurry! :)

Printable version:

Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups 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
2/3 cup chocolate syrup
1 recipe Semisweet Chocolate Icing (will be at the end of this recipe)

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 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 1 at a time, beating on low 1 minute after each addition and scraping bowl frequently. 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.

In a small mixing bowl combine chocolate syrup and reserved 2 cups batter. Beat on low speed until well combined. Pour chocolate batter over vanilla batter in pan. Do not mix.

Bake in a 350 oven about 50 minutes or until done. Cool 15 minutes on a wire rack. Remove from pan; cool completely. Drizzle with Semisweet Chocolate Icing.

Semisweet Chocolate Icing:
In a small saucepan, heat 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate pieces, 2 Tbsp butter, 1 Tbsp corn syrup and 1/4 tsp vanilla over low heat, stirring until it melts and is smooth. Use immediately.