Omas German Marble Cake Recipes

MARMORKUCHEN (GERMAN MARBLE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large Kugelhopf or Bundt® cake pan with butter.
• Beat butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and creamy. Slowly add sugar and vanilla sugar while beating constantly. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat for 5 minutes until batter is light and fluffy.
• Sift flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl. Gradually mix flour mixture into the cake batter, alternating with the milk. Add rum and lemon zest. Pour 2/3 of the batter into the prepared pan.
• Stir cocoa powder into the remaining batter until fully incorporated. Pour chocolate batter over the vanilla batter in the pan. Gently move a knife up and down through the batter in circular movements to create a marbled effect.
• Bake cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool slightly in the pan. Remove and place on a cooling rack to cool completely.

MARBLE CAKE (CLASSIC GERMAN MARMORKUCHEN)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• If you don't use a silicone loaf pan, line your loaf pan with parchment paper or a coating of grease and sprinkled flour.
• Beat the butter which should be at room temperature, sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric (hand) mixer for around 5 minutes until creamy.
• Add the eggs one by one and keep beating until the batter is smooth.
• Add the milk and mix again.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add it to the wet ingredients in a few steps to avoid the creation of lumps while beating with your hand mixer on the lowest setting.
• Mix until the cake batter has a smooth consistency and stop there. Make sure not to over mix!
• Spoon 2/3 of the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Add cocoa powder and 2 tablespoons of milk to the rest of the batter in the bowl. Depending on the consistency of the batter, you might want to add slightly more or less milk (it should not be runny though!).
• Spoon the chocolate batter on top of the light batter in the loaf pan. Take a fork and move it through the batter downwards in a spiral motion to create the spiral/marble pattern. At the end, you can move your fork lengthwise through the middle of the cake. (see photo above for reference)
• Bake the cake in the oven for approx. 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Every oven is different, so your cake might be done earlier or need a little longer.
• After taking the cake out of the oven, let it cool in the pan for around 15 minutes. Then remove it from the pan and let it cool further. Make sure you give the cake enough time to cool otherwise it might break/crumble apart when you cut it.
• After the cake has cooled enough you can add some powdered sugar on top before serving it.

GERMAN MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Separate the eggs into two bowls.
• Beat egg whites with salt and 1/2 cup of sugar until stiff peaks form.
• Add soft butter, 1 cup sugar, vanilla extract, rum and lemon extract to a bowl and beat until light and fluffy.
• Gradually add eggs yolks while whipping the mixture on low.
• Sift flour, corn starch and baking powder into a bowl and mix well.
• Heat the milk to lukewarm.
• Gradually add flour, milk and egg whites to the egg yolk mixture. Beat on lowest setting or fold in by hand.
• Grease cake pan.
• Add 2/3 of the batter to the cake pan.
• Sift the cocoa powder to the remaining batter and mix well.
• Add the batter to the cake pan.
• Swirl a fork through the batter to create the marble look.
• Bake at 350 Fahrenheit for 40 - 50 minutes.
• Let cool for about 15 minutes before removing from the pan to cool out completely.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar or brush with a chocolate glaze.

GERMAN MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugar. Beat in the eggs, then the milk and almond extract.
• In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Beat the flour mixture into the creamed mixture. Turn half of the batter into another bowl and stir in the cocoa and rum.
• Layer the light and dark batters by large spoonfuls and then swirl slightly with a knife.
• Bake the cake in at 350 degree F (175 degree C) for about 70 minutes, or until it tests done with a toothpick. Transfer to a rack to cool. Makes about 14 to 16 servings.