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german marble cake recipe

German Marble Cake Recipe- Marmorkuchen

You can finish this cake with an icing, or just a sprinkle of powdered sugar…. you can even leave it plain.
If you feel this is just more cake than you need…. cut the recipe in half…. and bake it in a loaf pan.
Total Time 2 hours
Course Dessert
Cuisine German
Servings 1 Bundt Cake

Ingredients
  

Cake:

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 6 Eggs
  • 1 cup Sour Cream
  • 3 cups Unbleached Flour
  • 3/4 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 3/4 cup Cocoa Powder
  • 3 to 4 tsp. Milk

Icing:

  • ICING-
  • 1 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 5 or 6 TBL Milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat Oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit
  • Grease a Bundt Pan with some spray stuff or butter
  • In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.... 5 or minutes.
  • Add Vanilla... beat in.
  • Add Eggs, one at a time...beating and scraping between each egg.
  • Scrape often, and make sure each egg is completely incorporated before adding another.
  • Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda in a larger measuring cup.
  • Alternate adding flour mixture and sour cream into the butter mixture, beat at low speed all the while, until the ingredients are just combined.
  • Now.....
  • Take half of the batter, and spread it into the bottom of the prepared bundt pan. Set aside.
  • To the rest of the batter, add the cocoa powder and the milk. Beat until completely combined.
  • Spread the chocolate batter over the vanilla batter.
  • Using a knife, swirl the two flavors together by scooping in and up and over..... sort of like folding. Don't go bananas and make it a total mix, just swirl them a bit.
  • Put in the oven and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes. (1 hour if you are using a guglehopf pan instead of a bundt)
  • Check.... a toothpick inserted should come out clean. If it doesn't .... add some time.
  • Let cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes.... Then turn out of pan.
  • Let cool completely.
  • Sprinkle with Powdered Sugar or Make an Icing

Icing:

  • Stir or whisk all icing ingredients until combined. If it's thick...add more milk... if it's thin... add more sugar.
Keyword German Marble Cake Recipe