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Easy Marble Pound Cake

by baketotheroots
January 22, 2019
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I’ve got some Marble Pound Cake for you today. Yay or nay? What do you think? I like it a lot because it’s a quick and easy cake you can prepare if you are craving something sweet. Like my grandma, I made this one here with a thick layer of chocolate glaze… yummy! Who wants a piece? First come first serve.

Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots
Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots

Marble cakes have quite a bad image I would say – even though you can find them at every birthday party or even in coffee shops everywhere. It is not one of that »trendy bakes« everybody is raving about. It’s a good old-fashioned cake – simple and easy to prepare. T

his cake is your best choice if you want to serve something to guests who invited themselves… like your grandma for example or if you have to bring a gift to a birthday party.

Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots
Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots
Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots
Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots

Delicious and easy. But be warned – it can turn into a disaster pretty quickly if you bake this cake too long. You will end up with a cake as dry as the Sahara and the only way to eat it will be with a huge glass of milk. But don’t worry – if you follow the instructions in the recipe you should get a nice cake with the perfect texture. Not dry at all. However, it can’t hurt to check from time to time with a wooden skewer if the cake is done – every oven heats up differently.

If you want to »enhance« your cake, you can add some cherries or pieces of banana to the cake batter. So good! The cake should be stored well wrapped at room temperature. It should stay nice and delicious for at least 2-3 days. Of course only if you can stop munching. Seriously.

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INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN

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1/2 cup (120g) butter, softened
1 cup (200g) sugar (fine)*
3 medium eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract*
1 3/4 (230g) all-purpose flour*
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 cup (160ml) buttermilk
1/3 cup (40g) cocoa powder*
1/3 cup (80ml) hot water

120g weiche Butter
200g Zucker (fein)*
3 Eier (M)
1 TL Vanille Extrakt*
230g Mehl (Type 405)*
2 TL Backpulver
1/2 TL Salz
160ml Buttermilch
40g Kakaopulver*
80ml heißes Wasser

Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots
Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots

DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG

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1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a loaf tin* or line it with baking parchment. Set aside.

2. Add the butter and sugar to a large bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one after another and mix well after each addition. Next, add the vanilla extract and mix in. In a separate bowl mix the flour with baking powder and salt. Add the flour mix alternating with the buttermilk to the bowl and mix until just combined – do not overmix. Set aside.

3. Add the cocoa powder to a bowl and mix with the hot water until smooth. Add about 1/3 of the cake batter and mix until well combined. Next, add the cake batters with a spoon randomly into the prepared loaf tin to get an evenly mixed cake batter. Use a knife or skewer and mix a bit more to get swirls and the marble effect.

4. Place the baking tin in the oven and bake the cake for about 45-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted to the center comes out clean. Take it out of the oven and let it cool down for about 10-15 minutes in the baking tin, then remove it and let it cool down completely on a wire rack. If you like chocolate on top like me, you can brush the cake with melted chocolate – I used about 5 oz. (150g) of melted dark chocolate here.

1. Den Ofen auf 180°C (350°F) Ober-/Unterhitze vorheizen. Eine Kastenform* einfetten oder mit Backpapier auslegen und zur Seite stellen.

2. Die weiche Butter mit dem Zucker in eine große Schüssel geben und hell und luftig aufschlagen. Die Eier einzeln dazugeben und jeweils gut unterrühren, bevor man das nächste dazugibt. Den Vanille Extrakt zugeben und ebenfalls unterrühren. Das Mehl mit dem Backpulver und Salz vermischen und dann abwechselnd mit der Buttermilch zur Schüssel dazugeben und kurz unterrühren – hier sollte nicht zu viel gerührt werden, sonst wird der Kuchen nicht locker. Zur Seite stellen.

3. Den Kakao in einer zweiten Schüssel mit dem heißen Wasser zu einer glatten Paste verrühren. Etwa 1/3 des Kuchenteigs dazugeben und unterrühren. Die beiden Teige abwechselnd mit einem Löffel in die vorbereitete Form geben und dann mit einem Messer oder Holzspieß noch einmal leicht vermischen, damit die typische Marmorstruktur entsteht (nicht zu viel, sonst wird es ein hellbrauner Brei).

4. Den Kuchen im vorgeheizten Ofen für etwa 45-60 Minuten backen – mit einem Holzspieß testen, ob noch Teig kleben bleibt, und erst dann herausnehmen, wenn der Spieß sauber herauskommt. Aus dem Ofen nehmen und in der Form etwa 10-15 Minuten abkühlen lassen, dann vorsichtig herauslösen und auf einem Kuchengitter komplett auskühlen lassen. Wer mag, kann den Kuchen dann noch mit geschmolzener Schokolade überziehen – bei mir waren das etwa 150g dunkle Schokolade.

Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots
Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots

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Easy Marble Pound Cake

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  • Prep Time: 00:20
  • Cook Time: 01:00
  • Total Time: 01:30
  • Yield: 1 1x
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  • Cuisine: Germany
  • Diet: Vegetarian
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A delicious classic you know from the coffee house around the corner or probably from your grandma: A Marble Pound Cake with a thick chocolate glaze. So good!


Ingredients

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1/2 cup (120g) butter, softened
1 cup (200g) sugar (fine)*
3 medium eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract*
1 3/4 (230g) all-purpose flour*
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 cup (160ml) buttermilk
1/3 cup (40g) cocoa powder*
1/3 cup (80ml) hot water


Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a loaf tin* or line it with baking parchment. Set aside.

2. Add the butter and sugar to a large bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one after another and mix well after each addition. Next, add the vanilla extract and mix in. In a separate bowl mix the flour with baking powder and salt. Add the flour mix alternating with the buttermilk to the bowl and mix until just combined – do not overmix. Set aside.

3. Add the cocoa powder to a bowl and mix with the hot water until smooth. Add about 1/3 of the cake batter and mix until well combined. Next, add the cake batters with a spoon randomly into the prepared loaf tin to get an evenly mixed cake batter. Use a knife or skewer and mix a bit more to get swirls and the marble effect.

4. Place the baking tin in the oven and bake the cake for about 45-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted to the center comes out clean. Take it out of the oven and let it cool down for about 10-15 minutes in the baking tin, then remove it and let it cool down completely on a wire rack. If you like chocolate on top like me, you can brush the cake with melted chocolate – I used about 5 oz. (150g) of melted dark chocolate here.


Notes

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Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots
Easy Marble Pound Cake | Bake to the roots
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  1. Gail says:
    7 years ago

    Hi! Where’s the chocolate icing recipe?

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    • baketotheroots says:
      7 years ago

      Hi Gail.
      It’s just melted dark chocolate. I added the amount I used to the recipe but you can also use pre-made chocolate glaze from the store.

      Cheers, Marc

      Reply
  2. Anonymous says:
    2 years ago

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