Snack · 75 min · german

Marmorkuchen — Marble Cake

All-purpose flour does the heavy lifting here, with butter rounding it out. A German snack that takes 75 minutes, start to finish.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups All-purpose flour
• 1 cup Butter
• 1.5 cups Granulated sugar
• 4 Eggs
• 0.75 cup Milk
• 0.33 cup Cocoa powder
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• 2 tsp Vanilla extract

Steps

1. Cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy — 4 full minutes. This aeration is the difference between a tender crumb and a brick. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then alternate flour and milk.
2. Divide the batter in thirds. Stir the cocoa and a splash of milk into one third for the chocolate batter; leave two thirds vanilla with the vanilla extract.
3. In a buttered loaf or bundt pan, spoon alternating dollops of vanilla and chocolate batter. Drag a knife through once in an S-curve — once. Over-swirling muddies the marble into plain brown.
4. Bake at 350°F for 50 to 60 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in the pan, then turn out.
5. Dust with powdered sugar or glaze with chocolate. Every German grandmother has a marmorkuchen opinion; the only universal rule is that the swirl should be visible in every slice.

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