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  I love Saturdays.  They are so leisurely and non-comittal . . . just the way I like them.  Todd is free to do his thing, which usually means watching man movies on the telly that bore me to tears . . . and I am free to do my thing, which usually means baking something scrummy for us to share. Some weekends it may be a nice crumble or pie . . . other weekends may find me baking muffins or cookies . . . scrummy tray bakes, or puddings . . . something delectable. I love cake though and that is my favourite thing of all to bake.  I usually keep half of it for ourselves and then I have another half that I gift out to someone else . . . perhaps a neighbor, or an elderly friend.  Sometimes the missionaries.   Nobody has turned my offering down yet! I found this recipe in a book for a chocolate marble cake with a crumble topping and it looked quite tasty to me.   (Rachel Allen's Cake Book)  Todd doesn't really like chocolate however and so I h...