Marble Swirl Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 4 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract, pure is preferable
• 1/4 cup cocoa (fine quality for baking)
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 grease 10 inch tube pan, dust with flour and preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 in large bowl beat sugar and butter together at medium speed until light and fluffy. add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
• 3 in another bowl combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
• 4 add 1/3 of flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat just until blended. add 1/3 of milk and vanilla until blended and repeat twice with the remainder until blended.
• 5 remove about 2 1/2 cups of batter and add cocoa and almond extract to it just until blended.
• 6 alternately spoon vanilla and chocolate batters into prepared pan. using a knife twist it through the batter once.
• 7 bake 45 minute to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. cool cake on a wire rack for 10 minute. remove cake from pan and let cool completely on a rack.
• 8 you may add icing or powdered sugar if desired.
• 9 this cake freezes well.