Recipe

Chocolate Marbled Pound Cake Recipe

	Wdsdy / All my dishes 1 year, 4 months ago Yummy chocolate marbled cake! This is one of my Mama's recipes and it's tried and true! Prep:15m Cook:70m Servings:6	Wdsdy
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Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup butter

3 cups sugar

5 large eggs

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 (1-ounce) square unsweetened chocolate

1 Tablespoon shortening

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

Beat 1/2 cup shortening and butter at medium speed of an electric mixer about 2 minutes or until creamy.

Gradually add sugar, beating mixture at medium speed 5 to 7 minutes.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture --Mix at low speed just until blended after each addition.

Stir in vanilla extract.

RESERVE 2 cups batter.

Combine chocolate and 1 Tablespoon shortening in a small, heavy saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate melts.

Add chocolate mixture to reserved to RESERVED 2 cups batter, stirring until blended.

Pour one-third of PLAIN batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan; top with half (1/2) of chocolate batter.

Repeat batter layers, ending with plain batter.

Swirl batter with a knife to create a marbled effect; sprinkle top with pecans.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Let cool in pan on wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely completely on wire rack.

Yield: one 10-inch cake.

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