Awesome Chocolate Marble Pound Cake
Moist, buttery and chocolaty cake looks so appealing as well. A perfect dessert when you have company coming over.
Yield
16 servingsPrep
20 minCook
80 minReady
100 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablespoon |
vegetable shortening
|
|
| 1 | ounce |
unsweetened chocolate
squares |
|
| ½ | cup |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| ½ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 2 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 4 | large |
eggs
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 1 | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| 3 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| ⅛ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
almond extract
|
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
|
| 28.9 | ml/g |
unsweetened chocolate
squares |
|
| 118 | ml |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 118 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 473 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 4 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 237 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 0.6 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 5 | ml |
almond extract
|
*
|
Directions
Melt 1 tablespoon shortening and unsweetened chocolate in a small saucepan, stirring until smooth.
Set aside. Cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar to creamed mixture, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
Combine flour and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Mix just until blended after each addition.
Stir in flavorings. Remove 2 cups of batter, and add chocolate mixture, stirring until blended.
Spoon one-third of remaining plain batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan; top with half of chocolate batter.
Repeat layers, ending with plain batter. Gently swirl batter with a knife to create a marble effect.
Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.
