German cuisine · Desserts & Sweets

Marble Cake

Moist pound cake baked in a bundt pan, its light and dark batters marbled together with a fork.

Ingredients · for 8 servings

• 250 g soft butter
• 250 g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 400 g flour
• 1 packet baking powder
• 150 ml milk
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp sugar for the topping
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tbsp powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Thoroughly grease a 24 cm bundt pan and dust with flour, preheat the oven to 175°C top/bottom heat; all ingredients should be at room temperature.
2. Beat the butter with the sugar, salt and vanilla extract for 5 min. until pale and fluffy, then stir in the eggs one at a time, working in each for 30 sec.
3. Mix the flour and baking powder, fold in alternately with the milk, until a smooth batter forms that drops heavily from the spoon.
4. Pour two-thirds of the batter into the pan; mix the rest with cocoa powder, 2 tbsp sugar and 2 tbsp milk and add as a second layer on top.
5. Draw a fork through both layers in a spiral twice without fully mixing them – this creates the marbling.
6. Bake for 50–55 min., until a skewer comes out clean, let the cake rest in the pan for 15 min., turn out, and dust with powdered sugar once cooled.