Whether for a coffee party on Sunday afternoon or for the next birthday party - a juicy marble cake can be baked quickly in just a few simple steps.
If you can't decide between a light sponge cake and a moist chocolate cake, the traditional marble cake is the perfect choice. Grandma already combined the best of both worlds. So if you don't like it too chocolatey, you can choose the proportion of cocoa mass in the recipe yourself. The classic cake not only tastes good, but also impresses with its unique look.
Bake like Grandma’s – classic cakes that never get old
Whether cooking hearty home cooking or baking classic cakes and sweet pieces - many people like to use grandma's tried and tested recipes in the kitchen. Because the original version of the popular dishes is often easier to imitate than you think. Grandma also knows a few kitchen tricks that make cooking and baking easier, even for beginners.
From simple cream of potato soup to grandma's classic cherry pie, traditional recipes can usually be replicated fairly faithfully. This is no different with the classic marbled cake. However, if you've had enough of the traditional look, you can try the trendy "zebra cake" instead.
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Ingredients for the juicy classic cake
For a cake made from the classic loaf pan
250 g flour (wheat flour type 405)
20 g baking cocoa
1 packet of baking powder
180g sugar
1 packet of vanilla sugar
1 pinch of salt
5 eggs
125 ml neutral oil (e.g. sunflower or rapeseed oil)
125 ml cream
A little butter or oil to grease the loaf pan
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The marbled loaf cake is prepared in three simple steps
While the oven is preheating to 180 degrees top and bottom heat, grease the baking pan thoroughly with butter or oil. First, mix the flour, baking powder, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt with the eggs, cream and oil using a hand mixer in a large mixing bowl to form a smooth dough.
Then pour half of the dough into another bowl and add the baking cocoa. Now pour half of the light dough into the pre-greased loaf pan, then the dark dough and finally the remaining light dough. To get the pretty marbling, pull the dough through the dough in waves with a fork. However, to avoid the two doughs visually mixing, you should not stir too much.
The cake is now baked on the middle rack in the preheated oven for three quarters of an hour until you can make the first stick test. If the dough sticks to the wooden skewer, the cake needs a little more. After removing the cake, let it cool down and optionally sprinkle with powdered sugar. Bon appetit!
If you're baking for a picnic or children's birthday party, you can easily bake the classic marble cake in handy muffin tins.
If you're craving a fruity, fresh dessert and you can't get enough of the marbled cake look, the colorfully patterned raspberry zebra cake is just the thing for your next baking session.