German Marble Cake
This German Marble cake is a delicious, light, and tender cake that is perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
- 1 cup soft butter
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 tbsp. vanilla sugar or vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. lemon extract
- 2 tbsp. brown rum optional
- 6 eggs
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp. baking powder
- 2 tbsp. corn starch
- ½ cup milk
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
For the topping:
- Powdered sugar or chocolate glaze
Instructions
- Separate the eggs into two bowls.
- Beat egg whites with salt and ½ cup of sugar until stiff peaks form and set aside.
- To a separate bowl add soft butter, sugar, vanilla extract, rum and lemon extract and beat until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add eggs yolks while whipping the mixture on low.
- Sift flour, corn starch and baking powder into a bowl and mix well.
- Heat the milk to lukewarm.
- Gradually add flour, milk and egg whites to the egg yolk mixture. Beat on lowest setting or fold in by hand.
- Grease cake pan.
- Add ⅔ of the batter to the cake pan.
- Sift the cocoa powder to the remaining batter and mix well.
- Add the batter to the cake pan.
- Swirl a fork through the batter to create the marble look.
- Bake at 350 Fahrenheit for 40 – 50 minutes.
- Let cool for about 15 minutes before removing from the pan to cool out completely.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar or brush with a chocolate glaze.
Nutrition
Yield: 1SliceCalories: 275kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 4gFat: 14gFiber: 1gSugar: 19g