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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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