• Top 10 Diner Desserts 08

    From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to All on Sun Sep 8 12:43:00 2024
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    Title: Marvelous Marble Cake
    Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Chocolate, Dairy
    Yield: 16 servings

    4 oz Bittersweet chocolate;
    - chopped
    3 tb + 1 1/4 c butter; softened,
    - divided
    2 c Sugar
    5 lg Eggs; room temp
    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; opt

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

    Set oven @ 375ºF/190ºC.

    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, 20-25 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.

    Ellen Riley, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

    Makes: 16 servings

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

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