It’s Christmas time! And that means it’s all about cake variations. Today i will be showing you how i make Chocolate Marble Pound Cake. It’s perfect for your holiday celebrations.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup softened butter or margarine
- 1-11/2 cups granulated sugar (more or less depending on your level of sweetness taste)
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon almond extract can be used)
- 3-4 tablespoons semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoon margarine
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon lime juice or zest
Instructions
- preheat oven to 325 degrees f
- grease a 9″ bundt pan (oil or butter and floured well) and set aside.
- mix flour, salt and baking powder in a large bowl and set aside until ready for use.
- in a large bowl, add softened margarine and whipped for a couple seconds. next add sugar and continue to mix until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes)
- add vanilla extract, lime juice and eggs (add one at time and mix well after each addition). mix well.
- next add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately, starting and ending with flour.
- in a microwaveable bowl, add the chocolate chip and margarine and melt (about 30 seconds). mix well until combined.
- add about 1/4 cup of cake batter to the chocolate mixture and gently fold in until well combined.
- starting off with the plain cake batter, add the first layer. next add the chocolate mixture finishing off with the remaining plain cake batter.
- give it a few gentle tap to ensure no air bubbles are present. place in preheated oven and bake until a skewer inserted comes out clean (about 60 minutes or more depending on the oven)
- once baked, allow to cool completely in pan before removing, slicing and serve
- enjoy!
Now that you have tried this Chocolate Marble Pound Cake recipe, here are some similar ones.
