Marble cake

Before I start telling you all about my Marble cake, I need to apologise… February is almost finished and I haven’t spoken to you since January and I apologise for that… Don’t think that I haven’t been cooking but put that together with work and family and time just seems to fly away. So my absence is totally my fault as I should always find time for my recipes and for my blog. Unfortunately, these last few weeks were dedicated to other tasks but I’m back 🙂 And I will do my best to keep you updated on a regular basis…

Back to the marble cake 🙂 It’s actually one of my favourite cakes to make. As I explained before, I’m not so good at baking, so any cake that is easy and foul proof is always a favourite.

marble cake

Marble cake has its origins in Germany back in the 19th century. The main technique is to create a marble effect with two different colours of cake dough together. Different ingredients were used to create the darker colour such as spices, currants or coffee. The lighter part would have vanilla or lemon flavour. German immigrants took the cake recipe to America where they introduced chocolate to make the dark dough. It was a very popular cake in the 70’s and in the 80’s. Nowadays it’s not so popular but still loved by the more traditional people.

I love it not only for the flavour but for the simplicity. It goes well with a nice cup of coffee and that’s very important in my house 🙂

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Yield: 12 slices

Marble cake

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Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

• 200 g butter
• 200 g sugar
• 200 g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 4 egg yolks
• 4 egg whites
• zest of 1 lemon
• 100 g chocolate powder

Instructions

1. Preheat oven - 180C
2. Start by melting the butter. Let it cool.
3. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar, add the cold melted butter and beat until fluffy.
4. Next, mix the flour with the baking powder and, lastly, the egg whites beaten to a stiff peak, stirring from the bottom up without beating.
5. Divide the dough into 2 equal parts.
6. To one part of the dough, mix the chocolate powder and to the other the lemon zest.
7. Butter a loaf tin and sprinkle with flour.
8. Place the two prepared mixtures in the tin in alternating layers.
9. Bake for about 30 minutes.
10. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before unmolding

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 315Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 99mgSodium: 176mgCarbohydrates: 35gFiber: 1gSugar: 21gProtein: 5g

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