Easy Marble Pound Cake Recipe

Easy Marble Cake From Scratch With Chocolate Ganache Topping on White Marble Background.

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Easy Marble Pound Cake Recipe

Best, classic, old fashioned, quick, easy marble cake recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. Soft, moist, tender, firm vanilla cake with chocolate swirls.

Prep Time10

Cook Time50

Total Time1

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: Slices

Calories: 451kcal

Author: Abeer Rizvi

Ingredients

Cake

½ cup Butter Unsalted, Room temperature
1 cup Granulated sugar
3 Eggs Large
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 ¾ cups Cake flour
1.5 teaspoon Baking powder
⅔ cup Buttermilk
¼ cup Cocoa powder
2 tablespoon Water Hot

Chocolate Ganache

1 cup Chocolate chips Semisweet
½ cup Heavy cream

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. This takes about 5 minutes.
Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix until smooth.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
Add the dry flour mixture into the wet mixture, alternating with buttermilk and mix until just combined.
Remove ⅓ of the batter into a separate bowl. Keep aside.
In another small bowl, add cocoa powder and water and mix until smooth.
Pour this chocolate mixture to the bowl of reserved batter and mix until smooth.
To assemble this cake, pour half the vanilla cake batter in a greased/floured loaf pan (Dimensions: 9x5).
Drop spoonfuls of the chocolate batter on top. Don't spread it.
Then, pour the remaining vanilla batter on top of the chocolate layer.
Drop spoonfuls of the remaining chocolate batter on top.
Use a skewer or knife to swirl the two batters together.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean. Rotate the pan halfway through for more even baking.
Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes. Then, remove it from the pan and place it on a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
While the cake is cooling, prepare the ganache icing: Add chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in 20 second increments and mixing often until icing is silky smooth.
Drizzle this on top of the cooled cake. Enjoy!

Notes

Read all my tips above.
Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

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