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German Marble Pound Cake Recipe – Oma's Marmorkuchen 

This favorite marble pound cake recipe, aka Marmorkuchen, has been in our family for years. It's actually one of the very first German cake recipes I made when I was married.

Our boys 'loved' the chocolate part. Because of that, I would often make two-thirds of the cake chocolate by doubling the chocolate quantity.

Servings:

Makes 12 - 16 servings

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 1¼ cups milk
• ¾ cup butter, room temperature
• 1¼ cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 large eggs
• 2½ cups flour, all-purpose
• 2½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
2. Combine chocolate and ¼ cup milk in small saucepan. Over low heat, stir until chocolate melts. Let cool.
3. Beat butter and sugar until creamy in large mixer bowl.
4. Add almond extract and eggs, beating until well mixed.
5. Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
6. Stir flour mixture into sugar mixer, alternately with 1 cup milk.
7. Pour ⅔ of batter into Bundt pan.
8. Add cooled chocolate mixture to remaining batter. Mix well.
9. Spoon chocolate batter over plain batter in pan.
10. Swirl a knife through batters to marble. Smooth top.
11. Bake 60 to 65 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
12. Cool in pan on wire rack about 10 minutes.
13. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
14. To serve, place cooled cake top side down on cake plate and dust with icing sugar if desired.

Notes/Hints:

• Use rum or vanilla instead of almond extract
• Drizzle with chocolate glaze
• If you love the chocolate part, I love this vegan chocolate cake that so reminds me of this marble cake's chocolate part. 

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