Best Fabulous Marble Pound Cake Recipes

FABULOUS MARBLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°.
• Spray an 8" X 4" bread pan with non-stick cooking spray and line the pan with parchment paper. Spray the paper.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the melted butter with the cocoa and blend until smooth.
• Using a food processor, mix the softened butter with the granulated sugar. When combined, add eggs and vanilla and continue to process until creamy. Add the dry ingredients and pulse until JUST combined. Finally, add cream and process until smooth. Add 1 cup of this batter to the bowl with the cocoa and stir until smooth.
• Pour half of the remaining batter into the prepared pan and smooth the surface with the back of a spoon. Spread the chocolate batter in the pan and then top with the rest of the batter. Using a butter knife, decoratively cut 5 swirls in the batter.
• Bake for 25 minutes at 350°. Reduce the temperature to 325° and bake for an additional 25 minutes. Loosely cover with foil and bake 15 to 20 minutes longer, or until the top is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs attached. Let the pound cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

MARBLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 9 inch by 5 inch loaf pan and line it with parchment paper; grease the parchment paper as well.
• Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in the microwave, using 30 second increments until fully melted. Mix the cocoa powder into the melted butter until well combined.
• Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl.
• Using a mixer, combine the remaining 12 tablespoons of softened butter with the sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well.
• Gradually mix in the flour mixture to the batter.
• Mix the milk into the batter.
• Take half of the batter and mix it into the butter-cocoa mixture until fully combined.
• Pour the cocoa batter into the loaf pan.
• Gently spoon the yellow cake batter into the loaf pan.
• Using a the tip of a knife swirl the batter gently for a few seconds.
• Cover the loaf pan with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
• Let cool before removing from loaf pan.

MARBLE SWIRL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, with electric mixer at low speed, beat sugar and butter or margarine until blended. Increase speed to high, and beat until light and fluffy. Add flour, milk, baking powder, vanilla, salt, and eggs; beat at medium speed until well mixed. Increase speed to high, and beat batter 4 minutes longer.
• Remove about 2 1/2 cups batter to a medium bowl. With a wire whisk or fork, beat cocoa into batter in medium bowl until well blended.
• Grease a 10 inch tube pan. Alternately spoon vanilla and chocolate layers into prepared pan. With a large spoon, cut and twist through batters to obtain marbled effect.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan, and on a wire rack, for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan, and cool completely.

FUDGE MARBLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube cake pan, or spray with baking spray with flour. In large bowl, beat cake mix, pudding mix, water, oil, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
• In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and cocoa. Remove 1 1/4 cups batter; stir into cocoa mixture. Pour remaining batter into pan. Drop chocolate batter by generous tablespoonfuls randomly onto batter in pan. Cut through batter with knife for marbled effect.
• Bake 40 to 46 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes; turn upside down onto heatproof serving plate. Remove pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In microwavable bowl, microwave frosting uncovered on Medium 15 seconds. Spread over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down side. Store loosely covered.