Marbled Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe
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Marbled Chocolate Pound Cake
June 25, 2014 by Laura 4 Comments
While you are reading this, with any luck I will be lying on the couch recovering, watching something light and trashy like Mistresses, while Alex makes dinner and Sammy fans me with a palm frond.
A girl can dream, right?
In the meantime, considerate person that I am, I have backlogged some posts to share with you while I am recuperating. Now, I know I missed Bundt Bakers this past month (go check out al the tropical beauties!) but at least I have a bundt for you. I whipped this up one evening, just a spur of the moment decision. And it came together that easily too! I had never made a marbled pound cake before, so I was really impressed by how nicely…
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