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Chocolate Syrup Swirl Cake

Details

Timing
Timing
Total:
Bake:
1 Hr. 3 Min.
Prep:
22 Min.
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Yields:
1 cake

A dessert that tastes as good as it looks! Bake this fun, yet fancy Chocolate Syrup Swirl Cake recipe for any get-together and impress your friends and family with its swirled chocolaty goodness. Add sweetened coconut flakes and HERSHEY'S Syrup to the Chocolate Syrup Swirl Cake mixture and create this mouthwatering, made-from-scratch masterpiece.  Our HERSHEY'S Syrup gives any baking project an added touch of sweetness, so make these Easy Chocolate Syrup Brownies for another delicious and moist treat to share with loved ones.

Ingredients & Directions

Prep Time
22 minutes
Bake Time
1 hour 3 minutes
Cool Time
3 hours 15 minutes

BAKE MODE:

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup
    butter or margarine (2 sticks), softened
  • 2 cups
    sugar
  • 2 tsps
    vanilla extract
  • 3
    eggs
  • 2 3/4 cups
    all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 tsps
    baking soda, divided
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1 cup
    buttermilk or sour milk*
  • 1 cup
    sweetened coconut flakes (optional)
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Directions

Equipment Needed 
Oven Oven
Tube Pan 12-Cup Fluted Pan
Mixing Bowl Mixing Bowl
Bowl Bowl
Mixer Mixer
Measuring Cups Measuring Cups
Rubber Scraper Rubber Scraper
Wire Rack Wire Rack
1

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.

2

Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Stir together flour, l teaspoon baking soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to butter mixture, beating until well blended.

3

Measure 2 cups batter in small bowl; stir in syrup and remaining 1/4 teaspoon baking soda. Add coconut, if desired, to remaining vanilla batter; pour into prepared pan. Pour chocolate batter over vanilla batter in pan; do not mix.

Tip

To sour milk: Use 1 tablespoon white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.

4

Bake 60 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely; glaze or frost as desired.

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