Chocolate-Pumpkin Marble Cake Recipe – Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups (3/4 lb.) butter, at room temperature
• 3 cups sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups canned pumpkin
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 cup Dutch-processed unsweetened cocoa
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• Chocolate glaze (recipe follows)
• 1/2 cup chopped roasted, unsalted peanuts (optional)