Marble Pound Cake

By Stephanie Boyle

Ingredients required:

1 cup butter
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 salt
1 cup milk
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions:

1. in a large bowl cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

2. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Blend in vanilla.

3. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, making 4 additions of dry ingredients and 3 additions of milk. Beat well after each addition.

4. Remove about 2 cups of batter to a small bowl. With wire whisk, beat cocoa into this batter until well blended.

5. Alternately spoon plain and chocolate batters into a greased and floured 10 inch(4L) tube pan. With a knife twist through batter to make the marbled effect.

6. Bake in 350F oven for 1 hour or until cake tester inserted in centre of cake comes out clean.

7. Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert onto cake cooling rack and remove pan. Cool cake completely before frosting.