Classic Marble Pound Cake Recipe | Learn how to make Old Fashioned Marble Pound Cake Recipe
Delicious, rich and buttery, soft and moist Old Fashioned Marble Pound Cake Recipe . I call it Old Fashioned as with time there are so many variations of this recipe, but this is the recipe to follow if you are looking how a pound cake should be you are on the right page!!
A rich buttery and moist cake that best of both the worlds!! Chocolate and Vanilla!! Some like chocolate cakes like my kids and some like vanilla or any fruit flavored cakes like me and my hubby.
This rich, marble cake is nothing like the light sponge cakes, it is dense but not dry and crumbly. It is melts in mouth and moist. I love baking cakes, breads, tea cakes or muffins. And since I do a lot of baking, I love to sneak in veggies( like this Zucchini and Carrot Nut Bread-Eggless), nuts( Light Fruit Cake) and fruits(Double Chocolate Banana Bread , Double Berry Breakfast Muffins) and mostly use whole wheat flour or almond flour in my bakes so that the kids get to eat something healthy not all the sugary and made with all-purpose flour stuff.
But many times all we need is a rich, moist and buttery simple cake like our mom use to make!! One of the best recipes that I have and we can modify as per flavors of your choice. Add some nuts and dried fruits and candied fruits, and here you have the best fruitcake ever!! Add grated citrus peels like lemon and orange with juices and the best citrus pound cake ever!! Pound cakes are the best to be used in dessert jars or petits fours and or fancy cakes..
What is a Pound Cake
For those who are wondering, what are Pound Cakes or why the name Pound Cake?? Pound cakes were introduced in America in the early 1700s or some claim it to be in France and were made with the pound of flour, sugar, butter and eggs. Over the years there has been a lot of variations in the traditional recipe. I usually make Marble cake using the Old-fashioned recipe of Pound cake. This is the recipe I adapted from one of the best books on baking The Professional Chef and baked with variations for my friends, family and clients. My kids love this cake and my hubby who is not a chocolate fan doesn't mind it having it with his evening Chai!!
Tips and Tricks for perfect soft Marble Pound Cake
- This is a heavy cake, it takes time to bake. Set the time to 60 mins. then check, with toothpick, if it still has batter bake for another 10-15 mins.
- We like moderately sweet desserts so I added sugar as per our taste. Equal amount of sugar as flour makes the cake too sweet for us. If you like cakes on the sweeter side add an equal amount of sugar as the quantity of flour added.
- Don't wait to bake the cake till the toothpick comes out clean, take it out when there are few crumbs as the pound cakes continue to bake for few minutes even when out of the oven and hence can become dry.
- Substitute All Purpose Flour with Whole Wheat Flour, or a mix of both.
- Butter should be soft not very hard or towards the melting side.
- Eggs at room temperature.
- Pound cake batter should be of pale yellow color. It indicates a good emulsified cake batter to get perfect airy moist and soft pound cake.
- If the cake batter curdles, add a tbsp of flour and mix very gently.
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Old Fashioned Marble Pound Cake and Cake Thins
Equipment
- Conventional Oven/OTG
- Mixing Bowls
- Whisk(Hand/Electric)
- Measuring Spoons and Cups
Ingredients
- 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour or 200gm
- 1 ½ Cup Sugar 175 g
- 3 Eggs(large)
- 1 Cup Butter or 2 sticks or 227gm
- 1 Tbsp Vanilla Essence-
- ¼ Cup Cocoa Powder- 25g
- ? Cup Milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F or 180°C .
- Grease and dust a loaf pan with little flour. You can line the pan with a parchment paper also.
- Beat together butter, sugar and vanilla essence, till the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one by one. Don't overbeat the mixture, it may curdle.
- Fold in the flour and mix well with light hands.. Add some milk about 2 tbsp at a time, if you think the mixture is thick to adjust the consistency.
- Divide the mixture into two parts. One part can be little more than the other as we will be adding cocoa powder to the other. It depends on you how to divide and which mixture you want to keep more.
- Mix cocoa powder and 2 Tbsp of sugar with 2-3 tbsp of milk and fold the mix nicely to one of the parts of batter.
- Transfer the batters in the pan with alternate layers.
- Run a knife or skewer through the batter for swirls.
- Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes. Check the doneness of the cake by a toothpick/skewer test. Insert a toothpick/skewer in the middle of the cake, if it comes out with crumbs, the cake is done, you can take it out.
- After 5 mins.take out carefully from the pan and cool on the wire.
- Slice and enjoy with your favorite cuppa of coffee or cake or just like that.
Notes
- This is a heavy cake, it takes time to bake. Set the time to 60 mins. then check, with toothpick, if it still has batter bake for another 10-15 mins.
- We like moderately sweet desserts so I added sugar as per our taste. Equal amount of sugar as flour makes the cake too sweet for us. If you like cakes on the sweeter side add an equal amount of sugar as the quantity of flour added.
- Don't wait to bake the cake till the tooth-pick comes out clean, take it out when there are few crumbs as the pound cakes continue to bake for few minutes even when out of the oven and hence can become dry.
- Substitute All Purpose Flour with Whole Wheat Flour, or a mix of both.
- Butter should be soft not very hard or towards the melting side.
- Eggs at room temperature.
- Pound cake batter should be of pale yellow color. It indicates a good emulsified cake batter to get perfect airy moist and soft pound cake.
- If the cake batter curdles, add a tbsp of flour and mix very gently.
Stepwise Pics for Old Fashioned Marble Pound Cake
Bake a cake and enjoy with your loved ones. You can try the variations in flavors as per your choice. Pack in kids lunch box for the snack time or let them enjoy this with a glass of hot cocoa or milk.
Pound cakes are an excellent base for trifles or pudding based desserts. So bake, slice and enjoy!!
Old Fashioned Pound Cake Thins
Optional
You can also make cake thins, cut the cake once it cools down completely (you can refrigerate it for one or two hours), carefully cut into thin slices about ½ inches.
Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F or 180°C for 10-12 minutes. Cool completely and store in an airtight container.
Taking this Marble Pound Cake to Fiesta Friday #251 week co-hosted by Mollie @ Frugal Hausfrau and Monika @ Everyday Healthy Recipes.
Also taking this to Hearth and Soul Anticipating Holiday party..
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Preethicuisine
Marble cake looks so soft and moist. Super tempting cake.I am sure my boys will love it . Lovely share .
Swati
Thanks Preethi!!
Swati
Thank you Preethi!
JollyHomemadeRecipes
What a beautiful and delicious bake. They looks super soft marble cake. I love homemade cakes, absolutely yumm.
Swati
Thanks Jolly. yes homemade is the best!
Super duper kitchen
Marble pound cake looks soft, spongy, delicious. Loved the detailed explanation about the recipe too. The cake is so irresistible, wish I could have one slice now with a cup of tea.
Hem lata srivastava
Soft, moist delicious old style marble cake I wish I could have a piece
Pavani
Pound cake looks so soft and moist. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Jagruti Dhanecha
This marble pound cake sounds absolutely scrumptious, hit with young and old.
jayashreetrao
That's a lovely one, the two flavours together make it exotic.
Uma Srinivas
Looks delicious. perfectly baked and i loved the texture too!
Freda @ Aromatic essence
We love marble cake at home! Yours has turned out fabulous, great texture!
Ruchisvegkitchen
This Marble Pound Cake looks so moist , soft and so perfect ... Gorgeous bake dear. Definately great combo of flavours , kids and adults will love it for sure... Beautiful pics
Geetanjali Tung
This is super moist and so perfectly made! Wish I could have some. Lovely share!
FoodTrails
Thanks Geetanjali!!
Hadia Meghani
Hi. Can I add butter milk instead of milk to make the cake moist or milk works fine ?
Swati
Milk works fine for this recipe, as it already has egg. We use buttermilk as an egg substitute.
themadscientistskitchen
Yummy cake my kids favourite. I think I must try making it sooner the better.
FoodTrails
Thanks Archanji!! Do try .. it's my family favourite too!!
theculinarypeace
We love marble pound cake and I never thought it could be this easy. Thanks for such an easy recipe, would definitely love to try this.
FoodTrails
Thanks and fir sure it is very easy to make
Padma
Marble pound cake looks super soft and scrumptious with a lovely texture...Yummy share!!
FoodTrails
Thanks Padma!!
Priya Suresh
Very gorgeous cake, this is something extremely irresistible..
How prefect this marble pound cake looks.. Beautiful baked cake there, and those thins rocks.
FoodTrails
Thanks Priya for your nice words!!
Lata Lala
The cake looks delicious. You are right chocolate and vanilla is a killer combination.
FoodTrails
Thanks Lata!! as I mentioned in my post... best of both the worlds!!
Sandhya
What a scrumptious cake- brings back happy childhood memories!
FoodTrails
Thanks Sandhya!! same here.. those britania cakes...:)
Geetha Priyanka
This cake sounds absolutely delicious and lip smacking. I am sure this cake will join my daughter's favourite list.
FoodTrails
Thanks Geetha!! It's my kids' favourite too!!