Best Old Fashioned Marble Bundt Cake Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED MARBLE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• For the vanilla batter: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with the baking spray.
• Combine the butter, sugar, salt, baking powder, vanilla and oil in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed for 4 minutes. Stop and scrape the bowl and paddle with a rubber spatula. Add 2 of the eggs at a time, beating on medium speed for 30 seconds after each addition. Scrape the bowl.
• Add half of the cake flour and mix on low speed just until combined. Add the cream and buttermilk and mix again on low speed just until combined. Scrape the bowl.
• Add the remaining cake flour and start mixing on low speed to combine, then increase the speed to medium and beat for 4 minutes.
• For the chocolate batter: Transfer 2 cups of the vanilla batter to a medium bowl. Add the cocoa, sugar and baking powder and stir with a fork or small whisk until completely combined. Add the hot water and stir slowly until completely combined.
• Pour about half of the vanilla batter into the prepared pan. Dollop about half of the chocolate batter on top. Repeat with the remaining vanilla and chocolate batters. Run a skewer or butter knife through the pan to slightly swirl the 2 batters together.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with a few moist crumbs, 65 to 70 minutes. The cake will rise to fill the pan and will settle slightly once removed from the oven. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 30 minutes then turn it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

OLD FASHIONED MARBLE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease an 8" bundt pan with butter then lightly dust with flour.
• In a double boiler melt the unsweetened chocolate with 1/4 cup sugar, water and vanilla extract. Stir. Set aside to cool. (I used a heatproof glass container and melted the mixture in a microwave.).
• In a large mixing bowl, cream the remaining 1 cup sugar, sour cream and the softened butter until light and fluffy.
• Mix in the eggs one at a time.
• Sift the flour with the baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• Mixing on slow speed, alternate dry ingredients and the buttermilk into the mixture.
• Mixing on low speed, beat until just incorporated, stopping to scrape down the sides.
• Once combined, beat on high speed for 2 1/2 minutes.
• Set aside 2 1/2 cups of the batter.
• Beat the melted chocolate mixture into the large mixing bowl of batter until combined and smooth.
• Alternately spoon the plain batter and the chocolate batter in the prepared bundt pan.
• Use a butter knife to cut through the batter to create a marble effect.
• Bake for approximately 40-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cook cake 10 minutes, invert onto a cake platter.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar while still warm.
• Yield: One 8" bundt cake.