Subj : Top 10 Diner Desserts 08
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From : Dave Drum
Date : Sun Sep 08 2024 12:45:00

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     Title: Marvelous Marble Cake
Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Chocolate, Dairy
     Yield: 16 servings

     4 oz Bittersweet chocolate;
          - chopped
     3 tb + 1 1/4 c  butter; softened,
          - divided
     2 c  Sugar
     5 lg Eggs; room temp
     3 ts Vanilla extract
 2 1/4 c  A-P flour
     2 ts Baking powder
   1/2 ts Salt
   1/2 c  Sour cream
   1/2 c  Miniature semisweet
          - chocolate chips; opt

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   3/4 c  Butter; softened
 6 3/4 c  Confectioners' sugar
     2 ts Vanilla extract
   2/3 c  Milk
     2 tb Miniature semisweet
          - chocolate chips

 In top of a double boiler or a metal bowl over barely
 simmering water, melt chocolate and 3 tablespoons
 butter; stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature.

 Set oven @ 375ºF/190ºC.

 Line bottoms of 3 greased 8" round baking pans with
 parchment; grease parchment.

 In a large bowl, cream remaining butter and sugar until
 light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well
 after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Whisk flour,
 baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture
 alternately with sour cream, beating well after each
 addition.

 Remove 2 cups batter to a small bowl; stir in cooled
 chocolate mixture and, if desired, chocolate chips,
 until blended. Drop plain and chocolate batters by
 tablespoonfuls into prepared pans, dividing batters
 evenly among pans. To make batter level in pans, tap
 several times on counter.

 Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out
 clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before
 removing to wire racks; remove parchment. Cool
 completely.

 For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter until smooth.
 Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar, vanilla and
 enough milk to reach desired consistency.

 If cake layers have rounded tops, trim with a serrated
 knife to make level. In a microwave, melt chocolate
 chips; stir until smooth. Cool slightly.

 Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1/2
 cup frosting. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake
 layer. Frost top and sides of cake.

 Drop cooled chocolate by 1/2 teaspoonfuls over frosting.
 Using a large offset spatula, smear chocolate to create
 a marble design in frosting.

 Ellen Riley, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

 Makes: 16 servings

 RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com

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