Hot Chocolate Marble Pound Cake Recipes

MARBLE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and grease and flour a 10-cup bundt pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese, and sugar together on medium-high speed, until very pale and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
• Add the eggs, one at a time, stopping to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a silicone spatula after each addition.
• Add one cup of flour at a time, stirring on low speed until incorporated.
• Stir in the salt and vanilla.
• In a smaller bowl, whisk the cocoa and water together.
• Fold about half the cake batter into the cocoa mixture.
• Drop dollops of chocolate batter into the prepared pan, alternating with vanilla batter.
• Swirl together with a toothpick or bamboo skewer.
• Repeat, layering on dollops of batter and swirling, until all the batter has been added.
• Bake for 70 to 80 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the thickest part of the cake comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
• Cool for 30 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate and dust with powdered sugar.

CHOCOLATE MARBLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Butter two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans. Combine all-purpose flour and salt in a bowl.
• Cream butter and sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, for 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla extract.
• Lightly beat eggs, and add to mixer bowl in 4 additions, mixing thoroughly after each and scraping down sides. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 4 additions, mixing until just incorporated.
• Butter two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans. Combine all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Cream butter and sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, for 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla extract.
• Lightly beat eggs, and add to mixer bowl in 4 additions, mixing thoroughly after each and scraping down sides. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 4 additions, mixing until just incorporated.
• Scoop batters into prepared pans, 1/2 cup at a time, alternating plain and chocolate. Swirl with a knife. Tap on counter to distribute; smooth tops.
• Bake until a tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let cool in pans on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.