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MARBLE BUNDT CAKE

Julie Chelombitko
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert

Equipment

  • bundt pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups unsalted butter softened
  • 6 eggs separated yolk from whites
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • In a stand mixer cream butter, sugar and vanilla together.
  • Separate egg yolk from whites, place whites in a bowl and set aside. Add yolks into the creamed butter one at a time until all are incorporated well.
  • Add sour cream one spoonful at a time, until all sour cream is added
  • Mix flour and baking powder and add into butter mixture, reserve 1-2 tablespoon to later mix with cocoa powder, and add flour into cream.
  • In a separate large bowl with egg whites mix with a hand mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Then add the egg whites to the batter and mix in by hand with a spatula.
  • Separate the batter evenly between 2 bowls it doesn't have to be exact just get it as close as you can.
  • Into one of the bowls add the cocoa powder that you mixed with the 1 tablespoon of the reserved flour and mix with a spatula until incorporated and the batter is smooth.
  • Prepare bundt pan by spraying with nonstick spray and then dusting with flour
  • Drop in 1 tablespoon at a time alternating the brown and white batter until all batter is in the bundt pan then using a chopstick or bbq stick lightly swirl the batter creating the marble effect
  • Place bundt pan into the preheated oven and bake for 50-55 minutes
  • Once bundt is baked let cool on the countertop for about 10 minutes then invert on to cake server or plate and let cool completely
  • While the bundt is cooling prepare the chocolate ganache
  • Heat 1 cup of heavy cream in a pot until simmering, place 1 cup of chocolate chips into a bowl and pour hot cream over and cover for 10 minutes. Then mix with a spatula until creamy and pour over cooled bundt cake. Let ganache settle and enjoy!
Keyword breakfast, bundt, cake, chocolate, dessert, marble