How to make a marble swirl pound cake

How to make a marble swirl pound cake

This is a great cake. It doesn’t fall apart and good for cutting a few slices to take with you when you have no time for breakfast or just in the mood for something to snack on. It freezes well for a good reserve cake

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What You'll Need

  • marble swirl cake
  • marble cake
  • cake

Steps

  1. 1

    Step 1

    Step 1
    Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 1 cup butter or margarine 1 cup milk 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons vanilla 4 eggs 3 ½ cups flour ¼ cup cocoa 1 tube baking pan
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    Step 2

    Step 2
    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit Mix the sugar and butter or margarine until blended
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    Step 3

    Step 3
    Add the remaining ingredients except the cocoa and mix at high speed about 4 min
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    Step 4

    Step 4
    Pour most of the batter into a greased tube cake pan – it is the pan with a hole in the middle
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    Step 5

    Step 5
    Leave about 2 ½ cups of batter in the mixer
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    Step 6

    Step 6
    Mix the ¼ cup of cocoa into the batter in the mixer
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    Step 7

    Step 7
    Spoon the cocoa mixture on top of the batter in the baking pan
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    Step 8

    Step 8
    Slightly mix the cocoa layer into the batter – not enough to blend completely just enough to make swirls.
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    Step 9

    Step 9
    Place it on the lower part of the preheated 350 degree oven and bake 50-60 until a tooth pick comes out dry. Careful that the top does not burn.
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    Step 10

    Step 10
    Let the cake cool in the baking pan before removing it
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    Step 11

    Step 11
    Slice and serve Bon Appetite!

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