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This old fashioned marble pound cake recipe is rich and moist without being too sweet. The vanilla flavor is strong but it is balanced by a dark chocolate swirl that has been flavored with bourbon.

Believe it or not, marble cake is one of the first cakes I ever made — maybe the very first.
I made it across the street at my best friend’s house with his and his mom’s help. It was my mom’s birthday and I was just old enough to notice that she never got cakes. We rectified that on that very day.

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Old fashioned marble pound cake recipe is easy to make, moist and delicious. Perfect for when you aren't sure whether you want chocolate or vanilla! restlesschipotle.com

He is now a rather famous artist and probably does not make cakes anymore. I still hear from him once in a blue moon. Anyway. I got about ten thousand cookbooks for Christmas. When you tell my husband you want a cookbook and give him a list to choose from he just buys all of them. Spoiled? Who me?

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One of the cookbooks was The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook I really love it because all of the recipes are arranged in seasons. Not that I would let that make a difference. I live in Texas — I don’t need no stinkin’ seasons. But the pound cake was in the winter section and it just looked too good to pass by. It wasn’t as sweet as I thought it would be but that made it really appealing to me because sometimes I don’t want to serve  something super sweet — especially if I am going to be serving ice cream or a sauce, you know? This is just right for a snack in the afternoon with coffee or fancied up with a sauce after a nice dinner.

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Bourbon adds a little kick to the chocolate and I used orange in the vanilla part. The recipe calls for lemon to brighten it but I wanted something more mellow to enhance the bourbon so I used orange instead. I also dusted the pan with graham cracker crumbs instead of flour or the bread crumbs the recipe called for. This marble pound cake recipe is going into my list of favorites. 🙂

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Add the batter in dollops to the pan, alternating the batters until it’s all used up then swirl a knife through carefully. If you get to crazy with the knife you won’t have pretty swirls it will all just be muddy looking. But if you are careful you’ll get beautiful, sharp swirls of chocolate and vanilla cake when you cut into it. That’s what makes marble pound cake so amazing. 🙂

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Old Fashioned Marble Pound Cake Recipe

Here’s the recipe for the marble pound cake — it’s so good I know you’ll love it. Still not quite what you are looking for? What about the bourbon pecan pound cake?

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Old Fashioned Marble Pound Cake Recipe

Moist and not too sweet, this old fashioned marble pound cake recipe is just as good as you remember it. Vanilla cake is brightened with orange while the chocolate swirls are deepend with bourbon -- just a touch.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time1 hr
Total Time1 hr 10 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Amercian Heritage
Servings: 12
Calories: 351kcal
Author: Marye Audet

Ingredients

  • Softened butter to grease the pan
  • 1/2 cup or so of graham cracker crumbs to coat the greased pan
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 11/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter - room temperature
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs - room temperature
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 4 ounces melted bittersweet chocolate
  • 2 tablespoons bourbon

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325F.
  • Grease the pan and dust with graham cracker crumbs, shaking out the excess.
  • Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt -- set aside.
  • Beat the butter and sugar on medium speed about 5 minutes, until very light and fluffy.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each addition.
  • Stir in the vanilla and sour cream.
  • Fold in the flour mixture.
  • Remove 1 1/2 cups of the batter to a smaller bowl.
  • Mix in the melted chocolate and bourbon until the color is consistent.
  • Add the orange zest to the remaining vanilla batter, mixing in well.
  • Spoon the batter in the pan, alternating chocolate and vanilla.
  • Swirl a knife through the batter.
  • Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Let cool in the pan for 30s minute.
  • Loosen the cake from the pan and turn out to finish cooling.

Nutrition

Calories: 351kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 202mg | Potassium: 307mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 8.2% | Vitamin C: 0.6% | Calcium: 11.7% | Iron: 11.9%

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  5. I don’t think I’ve ever made a marble poundcake before and there’s nothing quite like a slice of it with a steaming mug of coffee! Marye, this looks amazing – too funny, but still so sweet, your hubs bought you all the books on your list!

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  6. I would like to make this recipe for my friends wedding cake….. she wants ” marble cake” with a chocolate ganache filling…… is this an appropriate recipe for that ?
    TIA

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  7. Hi,
    Cake looks great! Before I make it I want to confirm that the pan used is a 12-cup bundt cake pan?

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  18. Trying this now! Just so you know, it doesn’t say in the instructions when to add the flour mixture to the cake.

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  19. This one reminds me of my Grandmother on my father’s side of the family. She made this cake and packed in in our school bag lunches. Yum. Thanks for the recipe. Pinned to my board – Favorite recipes from family and friends.

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  20. This looks amazing, but I’m not a drinker, so … clueless! Can you use a bourbon extract? Or maybe buy one of those mini bottles of bourbon? What would you suggest?

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  21. Marye, marble cake also brings back childhood memories. We often baked it along with banana bread while growing up in Jamaica!

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  24. So much to love here. The addition of bourbon, orange, and especially dusting with graham cracker crumbs. A lovely looking cake that I’m sure tastes as good as it looks.

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