German Marbled Chocolate Cake Recipes

GERMAN MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugar. Beat in the eggs, then the milk and almond extract.
• In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Beat the flour mixture into the creamed mixture. Turn half of the batter into another bowl and stir in the cocoa and rum.
• Layer the light and dark batters by large spoonfuls and then swirl slightly with a knife.
• Bake the cake in at 350 degree F (175 degree C) for about 70 minutes, or until it tests done with a toothpick. Transfer to a rack to cool. Makes about 14 to 16 servings.

MARBLE CAKE (CLASSIC GERMAN MARMORKUCHEN)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• If you don't use a silicone loaf pan, line your loaf pan with parchment paper or a coating of grease and sprinkled flour.
• Beat the butter which should be at room temperature, sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric (hand) mixer for around 5 minutes until creamy.
• Add the eggs one by one and keep beating until the batter is smooth.
• Add the milk and mix again.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add it to the wet ingredients in a few steps to avoid the creation of lumps while beating with your hand mixer on the lowest setting.
• Mix until the cake batter has a smooth consistency and stop there. Make sure not to over mix!
• Spoon 2/3 of the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Add cocoa powder and 2 tablespoons of milk to the rest of the batter in the bowl. Depending on the consistency of the batter, you might want to add slightly more or less milk (it should not be runny though!).
• Spoon the chocolate batter on top of the light batter in the loaf pan. Take a fork and move it through the batter downwards in a spiral motion to create the spiral/marble pattern. At the end, you can move your fork lengthwise through the middle of the cake. (see photo above for reference)
• Bake the cake in the oven for approx. 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Every oven is different, so your cake might be done earlier or need a little longer.
• After taking the cake out of the oven, let it cool in the pan for around 15 minutes. Then remove it from the pan and let it cool further. Make sure you give the cake enough time to cool otherwise it might break/crumble apart when you cut it.
• After the cake has cooled enough you can add some powdered sugar on top before serving it.

OMA'S GERMAN MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugar. Beat in egg yolks. Continue beating for 10 minutes.
• Gradually stir in flour, alternating with splashes of milk, until all of the flour and milk are mixed in. Stir in baking powder.
• In a separate bowl, beat egg whites. Fold egg whites into batter.
• Reserve 1/4 of the batter, and pour the rest into a greased, floured tube pan.
• Mix cocoa into the remaining 1/4 of the batter. Then turn into tube pan, and fold under with a fork to produce a marbled appearance.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

GERMAN MARBLED CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°, butter and flour a 10-inch square pan.
• Cheesecake Batter: With a blender beat the cream cheese and butter in small bowl on high for 2 minutes.
• Add sugar, then eggs one at a time, blending well.
• Blending on low speed add the flour and then the vanilla, set aside.
• Chocolate Cake Batter: Melt chocolate pieces and butter in pan over low heat; remove pan from heat, stir twice and set aside.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt.
• Beat eggs with blender on medium speed for 1 minute.
• Add sugar and vanilla to egg mixture.
• Slowly blend in the chocolate butter mixture, beating on low until well mixed.
• Add the flour to chocolate butter mixture in two additions (mixing only till all flour is absorbed).
• Pour 2/3 of the chocolate batter into prepared pan.
• Spoon the cream cheese batter on top of the chocolate layer.
• Pour the remaining chocolate batter on top of the cream cheese layer.
• Draw a table knife through all three layers of cake in gentle swirls creating a marbleized effect.
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven, on the lower-third level for 40-45 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out ALMOST clean (cake should be pulling away from the edges).
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes, carefully remove and cool completely.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar if desired.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat two 9-inch round cake pans with oil and dust with flour. Whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a small bowl; set aside.
• Microwave the chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl on high power for 45 seconds; remove and stir. Microwave again at high power in 30-second increments, stirring in between, until the chocolate has melted completely; set aside.
• Beat the granulated sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in the melted chocolate. Alternate beating in the flour mixture and the milk, adding the flour in three additions and the milk in two, starting and ending with the flour, until just incorporated. Add half the milk, and mix until just incorporated. Repeat with the remaining flour mixture and milk, making sure not to overmix. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes, run a thin spatula around the edges and then turn the cakes out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. (They will have a sugary "crust" on the top. This is from the melted chocolate and is not a problem. It will soften once the cake is assembled or if the layers are baked the day before.)
• For the filling: While the cakes cool, spread the pecans on a baking sheet and bake, tossing once, until toasted, 8 to 10 minutes. Finely chop. Whisk together the milk and egg yolks in a medium saucepan until smooth. Add the brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and salt, and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture has thickened and coats the back of a spoon, 5 to 6 minutes. (It will be similar to the thickness of eggnog.) Pour the mixture into a large bowl. (Don't worry if it seems thin. The coconut and nuts will bind it.) Stir in the coconut and pecans; set aside to cool.
• For the frosting: Put the chocolate in a medium bowl. Heat 1 cup of the cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until steaming but not boiling, and pour over the chocolate. Let stand a few minutes, and then whisk until smooth; let stand at room temperature (or put in the refrigerator if your kitchen is hot) until thick but not set, 20 minutes to 1 hour. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons cream to the chocolate mixture, and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until lightened in color and fluffy, about 1 minute (do not overbeat, or it will become hard and grainy). The frosting should hold medium peaks and will continue to firm up a bit as it stands. Spoon about 1 cup frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip.
• To assemble: Put one cake layer right-side up on a serving plate, and top with half the filling. Top with the second cake layer and the remaining filling, spreading it to about 1/2 inch from the edge. Frost the sides, and decorate around the top edge of the cake with the frosting in the pastry bag.
• Loosely cover the cake with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature overnight. Unwrap and serve.

GERMAN MARBLED CAKE (MARMORKUCHEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a bundt cake pan.
• Beat butter and sugar together, then add vanilla, eggs and salt.
• Combine flour and baking powder and stir into butter-sugar-egg mixture, alternating with the milk. Only add enough milk for the batter to drop heavily and ripping apart from a spoon.
• Fill 2/3 of the batter into the greased cake pan.
• Mix the remaining batter with cocoa, sugar and 2 or 3 tablespoons milk, until batter again drops heavily and ripping apart from a spoon.
• Pour cocoa batter on top of the light one and move a fork spiralling through the two layers, so that you get a marbled pattern.
• Bake for about 75 minutes.