Vanilla-Fudge Marble Cake

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk or 1 1/4 cups sour milk
• 2/3 cup chocolate flavored syrup

1. Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, grease and lightly flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan.
3. In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
4. Set aside.
5. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on low to medium speed about 30 seconds.
6. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until fluffy.
7. Add eggs one at a time. Add milk and flour mixture alternately. Beat on high for 2 minutes.
8. Reserve 2 cups batter.
9. Pour remaining batter into prepared pan.
10. In a mixing bowl combine chocolate syrup and reserved 2 cups batter.
11. Mix well.
12. Pour chocolate batter over vanilla batter in pan.
13. Do not mix.
14. Bake in a 350u0b0 oven about 50 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
15. Cool 15 minutes on wire rack.
16. Remove from pan: cool completely on wire rack.
17. Drizzle cake with Semisweet Chocolate Icing recipe #45105.

butter, eggs, allpurpose, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, vanilla, buttermilk, chocolate flavored syrup

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/vanilla-fudge-marble-cake-45104 (may not work)