Food

Marble Bundt Cake

Continuing to explore the options for my new bundt tin, I had a go at making a marble bundt, basically two slightly less wet cake mixtures added spoon by spoon and vaguely stirred with a chopstick. Cake making for dummies that looks pretty expert.
The only difficulty is the need to convert from American cups (why?) to metric.

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INGREDIENTS

  • All purpose flour – 2 cups 
  • Baking powder – 2 tsps
  • Salt – 1/2 tsp
  • Butter – 3/4 cup, unsalted, room temperature
  • Sugar – 1 1/2 cups + 3 tbsp, superfine, divided
  • Eggs – 4, large, lightly beaten in a small bowl
  • Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
  • Cocoa powder – 1/3 cup (dutch processed)
  • Hot water – 1/3 cup espresso
  • Vanilla extract – 1/4 tsp

METHOD FOR MAKING MARBLE BUNDT CAKE

Preheat oven to 175 C (350 F) and position a rack in the center of the oven. Grease the bundt pan thoroughly including the creases and flour it well and tap out the excess flour.
In a small bowl, add the hot water, instand coffee powder, cocoa powder and 3 tbsps sugar and mix till smooth with no lumps. Add almond extract and mix. Set aside to cool.
In a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a large bowl, add the butter and beat it till smooth for 2 mins.
Gradually add sugar and continue to beat for 3 minsmi. Add the vanilla extract and beat till light in color, approx 4 mins.
Gradually add the egg mixture and beat on low speed for a mt.
Gradually add the flour in four additons and beat on low until just combined and smooth.
Transfer a little less than half of the cake batter to the cocoa mixture and mix with a spoon until smooth.
With the help of an 2 1/2″ diameter ice cream scoop or large spoon, alternate scoops of the vanilla and chocolate batters into the pan. Take a chopstick and create a swirl all through the batters taking care not to touch the sides of the pan. Smooth the top lightly.
Bake in the preheated oven for 55 to 60 mts till a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Check from 50 mts onwards. Cool on a wire cake rack for 10 mts and invert the cake onto the rack to cool completely.