Black and White Pound Cake

3 Tbsp dry breadcrumbs
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup butter or stick margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 large eggs
1 cup 2 % reduced fat milk
3/4 cup chocolate syrup
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp cocoa


Preheat oven to 350. Coat a 10 inch tube pan with cooking spray, dust with bread crumbs. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl, and stir well with a whisk. Beat the butter in a large bowl at medium speed of a mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually add the granulated sugar and vanilla, beating until well blended. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape the bowl. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk, beating at low speed, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Spoon two-thirds of batter (about 4 cups) into prepared pan. Add syrup and baking soda to remaining batter in bowl. Stirring just until blended. Spoon on top of batter leaving spaces in-between. It should look like a marble cake! Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake pulls away from sides of pan. Cool in pan 10 minutes, unmold and cool completely on wire rack. Sift cocoa over top of cake.