Marble Cake

Ingredients

• •2 cups all-purpose flour
• •2 teaspoons baking powder
• •1/2 teaspoon salt
• •1/2 cup butter, softened
• •1 cup sugar
• •2 eggs
• •1 cup sour cream
• •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• •1/4 cup cocoa powder
• •1/4 cup hot water

Directions

1. 1Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
2. 2Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
3. 3Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, then beat in eggs one at a time and vanilla extract.
4. 4Alternate adding flour mixture and sour cream to the batter, beginning and ending with flour.
5. 5Pour half the batter into the pan. Mix cocoa powder with hot water and stir into remaining batter, then pour chocolate batter over vanilla layer and swirl gently with a knife.
6. 6Bake 35-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
7. 7Cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

💡 For a distinct marble pattern, divide the cake batter before adding cocoa and swirl only a few times; overmixing turns the whole loaf uniformly brown.

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