Chocolate-swirled Pound Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups butter, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chocolate syrup

Recipe

• 1 beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy.
• 2 gradually add sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes.
• 3 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
• 4 add flour to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour.
• 5 mix at low speed just until blended after each addition.
• 6 stir in vanilla.
• 7 combine 1 cup batter and chocolate syrup, stirring until blended.
• 8 divide remaining batter in half; pour 1 portion into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• 9 spoon half of chocolate batter on top; repeat layers.
• 10 gently swirl batter with a knife.
• 11 bake at 300° for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 12 cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack.