Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, marmorkuchen (german marble cake). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
As a child, Marmorkuchen , made from this German Marble Cake Recipe, was a staple in our home. Step By Step Photos and Instructions German Marble Cake Recipe. The German Marmorkuchen Marble cake is one of these typical cakes that are a "must have" for the traditional "coffee and cake" on Sunday afternoon.
Marmorkuchen (German Marble Cake) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Marmorkuchen (German Marble Cake) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have marmorkuchen (german marble cake) using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Marmorkuchen (German Marble Cake):
- Take 250 g soft butter
- Take 300 g sugar
- Make ready 8 eggs (7 eggs if large)
- Make ready 1 pinch salt
- Prepare 2 Tbsp rum or sour cream
- Get 1/2 vanilla bean pod, seeds scraped out (optional)
- Make ready 1 Tbsp lemon zest (from about 1/2 lemon)
- Take 375 g cake flour (or 300 g flour + 75 g starch)
- Take 8 g baking powder
- Get 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- Take Powdered sugar to dust
- Take 1 round bundt/ring cake form (I used a 26 cm round ring cake form)
I made my first Marmorkuchen when I was a exchange student in Germany. This Chocolate and Vanilla Marble cake is made with egg-weight-dough. You can increase/decrease the cake size depending on your needs or the size of your baking pan (use a Bundt or loaf pan). Marble cake has withstood the test of time - is it still one of the most popular birthday cakes in Germany both for children and adults.
Steps to make Marmorkuchen (German Marble Cake):
- Oil and dust with flour your cake form. Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Cream the butter with 1/3 of the sugar until fluffy. Then, alternating with the eggs, add the rest of the sugar spoon by spoon mixing each time you add sugar or an egg. Beat until you have a very well beaten and fluffy batter.
- Mix in the salt, rum or sour cream, vanilla and lemon zest.
- Sieve in a third of the flour and mix well. Mix the rest of the flour with the baking powder and gradually mix in.
- Fill the form with half of the batter.Add 2-3 Tbsp cocoa powder to the rest of the batter along with the cinnamon if using. Pour in the dark batter on top of the light batter.
- With a fork, work the two batters together with spiral motions. Even out the top so it's level.
- Bake at 180°C for about 45-60 minutes (test by inserting a toothpick or skewer into the cake. If it comes out clean it’s done). Mine took 45 minutes in this pan.
- Let the cake cool briefly then remove onto a cake rack. Let cool completely.
- Dust with powdered sugar. Slice and serve with coffee or tea.
This Marmorkuchen, a German marble cake, is a great companion to coffee to enjoy Germay's "fourth-meal." Subtle aromas of warming, spiced Austrian STROH rum, real vanilla and lemon zest are paired with the richness of cocoa and a dark chocolate glaze (find out where STROH is available in. Actually, German marble cake tends to be drier than the American version. But since I prefer my cakes moister, I just add a package of instant vanilla pudding to the flour! I have been looking for this recipe for a LONG long time! Every time i would go visit family in Germany my aunt always made this.
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