Old Fashioned Marble Bundt Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1/4 cup sugar plus 1 cup sugar (i always use unbleached sugar)
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup sour cream or 1/4 cup plain yogurt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups unbleached flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• confectioners' sugar (for dusting)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 grease an 8" bundt pan with butter then lightly dust with flour.
• 3 in a double boiler melt the unsweetened chocolate with 1/4 cup sugar, water and vanilla extract. stir. set aside to cool. (i used a heatproof glass container and melted the mixture in a microwave.).
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, cream the remaining 1 cup sugar, sour cream and the softened butter until light and fluffy.
• 5 mix in the eggs one at a time.
• 6 sift the flour with the baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• 7 mixing on slow speed, alternate dry ingredients and the buttermilk into the mixture.
• 8 mixing on low speed, beat until just incorporated, stopping to scrape down the sides.
• 9 once combined, beat on high speed for 2 1/2 minutes.
• 10 set aside 2 1/2 cups of the batter.
• 11 beat the melted chocolate mixture into the large mixing bowl of batter until combined and smooth.
• 12 alternately spoon the plain batter and the chocolate batter in the prepared bundt pan.
• 13 use a butter knife to cut through the batter to create a marble effect.
• 14 bake for approximately 40-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• 15 cook cake 10 minutes, invert onto a cake platter.
• 16 dust with confectioner's sugar while still warm.
• 17 yield: one 8" bundt cake.