Copycat Marble Pound Cake
It is very good! I think of pound cakes as being more dense and heavy, but this was on the lighter side. My oven runs hot, and it's good that I checked because it was ready at 35 min. I'm planning to give one loaf to a neighbor, so I had to taste-test it first....with some vanilla ice cream, of course!
Ingredients
Regular Cake Batter- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 sticks butter softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 9 eggs
Chocolate Cake Batter
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup dark cocoa powder
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 4 sticks butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 9 eggs
Frosting
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 1 Tbsp light corn syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease four loaf pans with shortening or nonstick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour and salt for regular cake batter. Stir to mix.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together 4 sticks of butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to medium and add in eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Reduce mixer speed to low and, working in small batches, add in flour mixture and mix until just combined.
- In a medium bowl, combine 2 1/4 cup flour, 1 cup cocoa and 2 tsp salt. Stir to mix well.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together 4 sticks of butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to medium and add in eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Reduce mixer speed to low and, working in small batches, add in flour and cocoa mixture and mix until just combined.
- Alternating between the regular and chocolate batters, pour batters into prepared loaf pans.Using a knife, swirl to randomly mix the batters together. Bake in preheated oven for one hour. Remove from oven and cool completely.
- Once the cakes are cooled, combine chocolate chips, butter and oil in a double boiler. Heat over medium-low heat and, stirring constantly, heat until melted and smooth. Pour over cooled cakes and let sit for 5 minutes or until set.
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