Moist Marble Cake (recipe)

*Adapted from 1001Recipes2Send.com

Ingredients

Cake

1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled

3 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour OR unbleached all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum (omit if using regular flour)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled

2 cups sugar

4 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 drops almond extract

1 cup milk

1/2 cup grated chocolate or minced chocolate chips (optional)

Frosting

6 tablespoons butter, melted

6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

2 tablespoons honey

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups confectioners’ sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and move rack to center.

2. Lightly grease a 10 inch springform pan, a 9 by 13 inch pan, or two 9 by 5 inch loaf pans.

3. Melt chocolate and set aside to cool.

4. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

5. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture, and blend in the oil, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, almond extract and milk. Stir to make a smooth batter.

6. Remove about 1 cup of batter and stir cooled chocolate into it.

7. If using chocolate chips, stir them into white batter.

8. In prepared pan, place three-quarters of the remaining batter, then the chocolate batter, then top with remaining white batter. Note: It doesn’t matter if the batters are not evenly dispersed. The top batter can spread on or dropped by spoonfuls.

9. Put cake in oven, and bake until cake for 50-60 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

10. While the cake bakes, make the frosting. In a medium bowl, thoroughly combine all frosting ingredients until a thick consistency.

11. Once cake is done, let cool 10-15 minutes, then frost while warm.

Enjoy!