Recipe | Marble Cake - theinbetweenismine

I could have sworn that I had posted this recipe before but it doesn’t show up under my recipe tag, so I think it’s a good time to re-post it. I have mentioned marble cake on this blog here many, many times (because it’s my favorite). It’s a cake my mom often baked during my childhood and I love it, because a) it tastes good (duh!) and b) it reminds me of home.

I like other cakes too. When was little, my Mom would make Kalter Hund (cold dog) — or Kalte Schnauze (cold snout) or Kellerkuchen (cellar cake) — a non-bake cake made out of butter-biscuits and chocolate (which in the old days you’d put together and then take to the basement to cool) for our birthday. I also love lemon cake and, really, every other bundt cake, but it’s become a bit of a tradition to bake myself a little marble cake for my birthday every year.

Anyway, I thought it was time to finally share the recipe with you (so you can get in on the deliciousness).

I usually half my mom’s original recipe to fill a 8×4 inch baking form (if I just bake for J and myself). Traditionally, you’d want to bake this in a bundt springform (like this one).

MARBLE CAKE

Ingredients

250 g (8.8 oz) butter
250 g ( 8.8 oz) sugar
1 sleeve vanilla sugar (not sure if you can find that at any regular supermarket; I usually bring it back from my trips to Germany)
4 eggs
500 g (17.5 oz) pastry flour
1 tsp baking powder
⅛ l (5 fl oz) milk
6 tbsp baking cocoa
2 tbsp rum extract (optional)

Instructions

Mix the softened butter, sugar and eggs.
Add flour, baking powder and milk interchangeably and mix until smooth.
Add half of the batter to a greased baking form and mix the other half with the cocoa powder and rum. Transfer it to the baking form and use a fork in a swirling motion to blend the light and dark batter.
Bake at 375°F for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let cool on rack. Dust with powdered sugar.

What’s your favorite cake?

Heike
March 19, 2018 at 9:03 am

Yeahhh and Thank You for posting that recipe. I was just thinking about what kind of cake I should make for Easter. So I guess you helped me with that decision. :)
1. Heike
  March 19, 2018 at 9:04 am
  
  Oh, and my favorite cake is and will always be: KAESEKUCHEN, CheeseCake made with real Quark and raisins in it. :)
anthea
March 20, 2018 at 3:12 am

This cake looks delicious – thanks for sharing the recipe. I’m more likely to try a recipe if someone has recommended it rather just picking one in a recipe book (maybe it is just me).
My favourite cakes are my Mom’s lemon meringue and milk tart.
Meesh
March 20, 2018 at 3:51 am

Looks delicious! I love a good pound cake or bundt cake – anything really moist is usually my favorite :-)
terra
March 29, 2018 at 9:59 am

Looks beautiful! I really need to up my cake baking game. I do bread pretty well, but cakes are the unknown frontier for me.
Anne
March 31, 2018 at 5:48 am

So, if I can’t find vanilla sugar here in the Midwest…can you give me an idea of the amount? Thinking regular sugar could be substituted? Thanks!
1. san
  April 1, 2018 at 12:16 pm
  
  Oh, it’s such a tiny amount (8g), just omit it.
  1. Anne
    April 1, 2018 at 2:26 pm
    
    Oh, thanks. I didn’t realize that the “sleeves” were so tiny! they sound like restaurant packets. Thanks for the quick reply! Anne