Chocolate Swirl Marble Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f grease a 10" tube pan.
• 2 beat sugar and butter until blended; then increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy.
• 3 add flour and remaining ingredients except cocoa. beat at low speed until well mixed, scraping bowl often; then increase to high and beat 4 minutes longer, scraping bowl as needed.
• 4 scoop out 2 1/2 cups of batter into a small bowl. whisk in cocoa powder.
• 5 alternately spoon vanilla and chocolate batters into prepared tube pan. using a knife, cut and twist through batter to create a marble effect.
• 6 bake 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• 7 cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. then run a spatula or knife around the pan to loosen the cake. remove cake and cook on a wire rack.