Chocolate Bundt Swirl Cake
- 1 cup butter
- regular margarine, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 2-3/4 cup unsifted all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- sour milk*
- 1 cup Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1 cup flaked coconut (optional)
- 1/2 cup butter
- regular margarine, softened
- 3-2/3 cup confectioners sugar (1-pound package)
- 1/2 cup Hersheys Chocolate Syrup
- 1 Hersheys Milk Chocolate Bar (4 ounces), broken into pieces
- 2 to 3 tbsp. milk
- 8 oz. semi-sweet baking chocolate, broken into pieces**
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- whipping cream.
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp. cornstarch
- 3/4 cup evaporated milk (NOT sweetened condensed milk)
- 1 Hersheys Milk Chocolate Bar (4 ounces), broken into pieces
- 1 tbsp. butter
- margarine
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- ABOVE is a choice of Icing, Glaze or Frosting, for this cake.
- FOR THE VANILLA BATTER: Cream butter, sugar and vanilla in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs; beat well.
- Combine flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda and the salt; add alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture.
- FOR THE CHOCOLATE BATTER: Combine chocolate syrup and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda.
- Measure 2 cups of the vanilla batter into small bowl; blend in chocolate syrup mixture.
- Add coconut to remaining vanilla batter; pour vanilla batter into GREASED and FLOURED 12 cup Bundt pan or 10 inch tube pan.
- Pour chocolate batter over vanilla batter in pan; DO NOT MIX.
- Bake at 350 F. about 70 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan.
- Cool completely; glaze or frost as desired.
- I served it plain with whipped cream in each individual plate.
- 12 to 16 servings.
- TO MAKE THE ICING: Cream butter and confectioners sugar in small mixer bowl; blend in chocolate syrup.
- Melt chocolate bar pieces in top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water; add to syrup mixture.
- Add milk; beat to spreading consistency.
- About 2 1/2 cups frosting.
- TO MAKE THE GLAZE: Combine chocolate and cream in small saucepan.
- Cook over very low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth; do not boil.
- Remove from heat; cool, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to thicken, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- About 1 cup.
- TO MAKE CHOCOLATE-COCONUT FROSTING: Combine sugar and cornstarch in small saucepan; blend in evaporated milk.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils; remove from heat.
- Add chocolate bar pieces and butter; stir until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
- Stir in coconut and nuts.
- Immediately spread on cake.
- About 2 cups frosting.
- *To sour milk: Use 1 Tablespoon vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.
- **You may substitute 1 1/3 cups Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips for the baking chocolate.
- Hersheys Chocolate Cookbook
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Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/20552 (may not work)