chocolate surprise cake

Name: Chocolate Surprise Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) butter or margarine, softened (2 sticks); 1 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 3 - eggs; 2 1/4 cup(s) flour; 1 tablespoon(s) baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 cup(s) milk; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 1/2 cup(s) chocolate syrup

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Angela (Grammy) Derby

Charlotte, NC

Updated on Jul 25, 2016

This is such a fun cake to make! Adults and children just love it. It's moist and light, and will taste great with chocolate or vanilla frosting. It's similar to a marble cake, without the swirling, and the chocolate batter is made differently than any other marble cake I've ever made.

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Ingredients

1 cup butter or margarine, softened (2 sticks)
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 - eggs
2 1/4 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate syrup

How To Make chocolate surprise cake

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 2, 9" round cake pans or 13x9" pan.

Step 2

Gradually add sugar to butter in bowl, creaming until light and fluffy; add eggs and beat well.
Step 3

Blend in flour, baking powder and salt.
Step 4

Add milk and vanilla; blend well.
Step 5

Pour 2/3 batter into pan(s).
Step 6

Blend chocolate syrup into remaining 1/3 batter.
Step 7

Pour chocolate carefully over batter in pan(s); do not stir. Spread evenly over vanilla batter.
Step 8

Bake at 350'F. for 40-50 minutes.
Step 9

Cool and frost with your favorite Chocolate Frosting.
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