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

     4 oz Bittersweet chocolate;
          - chopped
 1 1/4 c  Butter; +3 tb, softened,
          - divided
     2 c  Sugar
     5 lg Eggs; room temperature
     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 (optional)

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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 tb butter; stir until smooth. Cool to
 room temperature.

 Set oven @ 375°F/190°C.

 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 to
 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.

 Recipe by Ellen Riley, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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

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