Ingredients

• 3 cups flour, plus more for preparing bundt pan

• 1 tablespoon baking powder

• ½ teaspoon salt

• 2 sticks butter, softened to room temperature

• 2 cups white granulated sugar

• 4 eggs

• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

• 1 cup buttermilk

• ¼ cup cocoa powder

• ¼ cup milk

Steps

1. Begin by thoroughly greasing a 9 cup round bundt pan with some butter all over the bottom, middle, and sides of the pan

2. Sprinkle some flour into the greased bundt pan and tap and shake the bundt pan to distribute the flour and coat it all over the pan

3. In a bowl whisk together 3 cups flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt

4. To a mixer bowl, add 2 sticks softened butter and 2 cups sugar

5. Place the paddle attachment on the mixer and beat to cream the butter and sugar until light and creamy, scraping down the sides of the mixer bowl as needed

6. Add 4 eggs, one at a time, beating well in between each egg addition

7. Pour in 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract and beat again

   1. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure everything gets combined

8. Gradually add some of the flour mixture to the batter and mix on low to combine

9. Alternate between pouring in 1 cup of buttermilk with the remaining flour, beating on low speed until all the ingredients have been incorporated and no dry flour remains

10. Scrape the sides of the mixer bowl once more to ensure all the flour gets mixed in 

11. Spoon about half the batter into a separate bowl

12. Add ½ cup cocoa powder to half of the separated batter and pour in ¼ cup milk

13. Stir to combine until smooth and make the chocolate batter

14. Scoop an even layer of the prepared vanilla batter into the bottom of the greased and floured bundt pan

15. Then spoon a layer of the chocolate batter on top

16. Alternate between the chocolate and vanilla layers until no more batter remains

17. Bake the chocolate marble bundt cake in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 to 60 minutes 

18. Remove the bundt cake from the oven when a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out with dry crumbs

19. Allow the bundt cake to cool for 30 minutes 

20. Place a flat round dish on top of the bundt pan and carefully invert the bundt pan holding the plate together, then lift the bundt pan up to release the bundt cake

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