Chocolate Marble Pound Cake

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Title: Chocolate Marble Pound Cake
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 12 servings

1 tb Shortening
1 oz Unsweetened chocolate
-squares
1/2 c Butter or margarine;
-softened
1/2 c Shortening
2 c Sugar
4 Eggs
1/2 ts Baking soda
1 c Buttermilk
3 c All-purpose flour
1/8 ts Salt
2 ts Vanilla extract
1 ts Almond extract

Recipe by: Southern Living
Preparation Time: 0:20
Melt 1 tablespoon shortening and unsweetened chocolate in a
small saucepan, stirring until smooth. Set aside. Cream
butter and shortening; gradually add sugar to creamed
mixture, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Combine flour and salt; add
to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning
and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended
after each addition. Stir in flavorings. Remove 2 cups of
batter, and add chocolate mixture, stirring until blended.

Spoon one-third of remaining plain batter into a greased
and floured 10-inch tube pan; top with half of chocolate
batter. Repeat layers, ending with plain batter. Gently
swirl batter with a knife to create a marble effect. Bake
at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted
in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 to 15 minutes;
remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.
Yield: one 10-inch cake.

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