Marble Bundt Cake
Marble bundt cake: a classic dessert that is so beloved. Moist vanilla pound cake, swirled with chocolate and so buttery it melts in your mouth!
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 20 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, (softened)
- 8 ounces cream cheese ((1 block))
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 3 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup hot water
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar (for garnish.)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and grease and flour a 10-cup bundt pan.
- 2
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).
- 3
Add the eggs, one at a time, stopping to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a silicone spatula after each addition.
- 4
Add one cup of flour at a time, stirring on low speed until incorporated.
- 5
Stir in the salt and vanilla.
- 6
In a smaller bowl, whisk the cocoa and water together.
- 7
Fold about half the cake batter into the cocoa mixture.
- 8
Drop dollops of chocolate batter into the prepared pan, alternating with vanilla batter.
- 9
Swirl together with a toothpick or bamboo skewer.
- 10
Repeat, layering on dollops of batter and swirling, until all the batter has been added.
- 11
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.
- 12
Cool for 30 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate and dust with powdered sugar.