Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, marmorkuchen (german marble cake). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
As a child, Marmorkuchen , made from this German Marble Cake Recipe, was a staple in our home. Step By Step Photos and Instructions German Marble Cake Recipe. The German Marmorkuchen Marble cake is one of these typical cakes that are a "must have" for the traditional "coffee and cake" on Sunday afternoon.
Marmorkuchen (German Marble Cake) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Marmorkuchen (German Marble Cake) is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have marmorkuchen (german marble cake) using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Marmorkuchen (German Marble Cake):
- Make ready 250 g soft butter
- Prepare 300 g sugar
- Make ready 8 eggs (7 eggs if large)
- Prepare 1 pinch salt
- Get 2 Tbsp rum or sour cream
- Take 1/2 vanilla bean pod, seeds scraped out (optional)
- Make ready 1 Tbsp lemon zest (from about 1/2 lemon)
- Make ready 375 g cake flour (or 300 g flour + 75 g starch)
- Prepare 8 g baking powder
- Get 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
- Get 1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- Make ready Powdered sugar to dust
- Prepare 1 round bundt/ring cake form (I used a 26 cm round ring cake form)
This Chocolate and Vanilla Marble cake is made with egg-weight-dough. You can increase/decrease the cake size depending on your needs or the size of your baking pan (use a Bundt or loaf pan). This is the classical German marbled cake. I made my first Marmorkuchen when I was a exchange student in Germany.
Steps to make Marmorkuchen (German Marble Cake):
- Oil and dust with flour your cake form. Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Cream the butter with 1/3 of the sugar until fluffy. Then, alternating with the eggs, add the rest of the sugar spoon by spoon mixing each time you add sugar or an egg. Beat until you have a very well beaten and fluffy batter.
- Mix in the salt, rum or sour cream, vanilla and lemon zest.
- Sieve in a third of the flour and mix well. Mix the rest of the flour with the baking powder and gradually mix in.
- Fill the form with half of the batter.Add 2-3 Tbsp cocoa powder to the rest of the batter along with the cinnamon if using. Pour in the dark batter on top of the light batter.
- With a fork, work the two batters together with spiral motions. Even out the top so it's level.
- Bake at 180°C for about 45-60 minutes (test by inserting a toothpick or skewer into the cake. If it comes out clean it’s done). Mine took 45 minutes in this pan.
- Let the cake cool briefly then remove onto a cake rack. Let cool completely.
- Dust with powdered sugar. Slice and serve with coffee or tea.
This Marmorkuchen, a German marble cake, is a great companion to coffee to enjoy Germay's "fourth-meal." Subtle aromas of warming, spiced Austrian STROH rum, real vanilla and lemon zest are paired with the richness of cocoa and a dark chocolate glaze (find out where STROH is available in. Actually, German marble cake tends to be drier than the American version. But since I prefer my cakes moister, I just add a package of instant vanilla pudding to the flour! I have been looking for this recipe for a LONG long time! Every time i would go visit family in Germany my aunt always made this.
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