I’m afraid that today’s Blogvent calendar is not as Christmassy as you might have hoped for, but December is not an easy time for my family, at least not for the adults, as all our birthdays bar one fall into this month. And Christmas, too. You will hopefully forgive me this rather uninspired idea of only making a marble cake for the my birthday – and as we can hardly eat it all I decided to make six small versions, to take two to school, to share with my favourite class.
The recipe comes from the German magazine Essen&Trinken, and it was originally intended for one rectangular tin. To be honest, in a larger tin you get a more intricate marble pattern than in those little ones – unless I was simply too clumsy.
Marble Cake (makes 6 small guglhupf or one large one)
- 200g soft, unsalted butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 2 tbs vanilla sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 4 eggs
- 300g flour
- 2 tbs baking powder
- 200ml milk
- 2 tbs cocoa powder
- unsalted butter to grease the form
- icing sugar, to decorate
Preheat the oven to 175C and grease your form; if you are using a gugelhupf form make sure you haven’t missed out on any of the little indentations.
Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy, then slowly add the eggs, one after another, until they are fully incorporated.
Mix the flour with the baking powder and gradually add it to the mix, as well as half of the milk, beating the mix continually to make sure no lumps are left.
Remove 1/3 of the batter and mix it with the cocoa powder, adding the remaining milk to achieve a similar texture as the white dough.
Spoon out the white dough into your forms, then place the dark dough on top. Using a fork,mix the two doughs in a spiral movement to achieve the swirly pattern.
Bake for 30-35 minutes if using smaller tins, 50-60 minutes if using one large tin. Leave to cool for about 10 minutes before removing the cakes from the tins.
Sprinkle with icing sugar and enjoy! Happy Birthday to all you poor Christmas babies!
Ginger&Bread 
Happy birfday!! Those cakes look mighty fine to me!! Wash it down with plenty of red and everything will be fine 😉
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It’s 9.30am here and I’ve just put some cupcakes into the oven for another birthday party … I think I’ll wait for a bit before having some wine 😉
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If you’re sure it won’t help… 🙂
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Several glasses (and hours!) later I have to admit: you were right!
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Hi!
I love miniature Gugelhup! Actually, I love everything miniature. ❤ And the canldes fit sooo perfectly – wonderful!
Have a baketastic baking day,
Your Backdirndl
https://backdirndl4you.wordpress.com/
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These little cakes came out great. I just bought one of those pans and can’t wait to give it a try.
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They are so cute, I know! I can’t wait to see what you will come up with 🙂
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Thanks Ginger. Taking some to a party on Saturday and will post a few photos. Enjoy your evening!
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Loving it! Enjoy the party 🙂
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They look so gorgeous ☺👍
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Thank you!
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They look so cute! Perfect size for one person haha 😉 Happy Birthday! ! Xx
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Thank you – had another birthday today (black forest cupcakes) and now we have a bit of a break until the next one …
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That’s what the little tigers like the most 😉
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happy birthday! i have a december birthday too (right around Christmas) and yes, it’s hectic, but festive, too.
these look like wonderful little cakelets… and i still think you must have the most wonderful cake/cookie mold collection! (i’ve been eyeing a mini-bundt pan myself.)
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Those Guglhupf or Bundt pans are so beautiful, and versatile! I’d almost call them an investment 😉
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I have a similar pan, mini bundlette to make 6 little cakes. I use mine for breakfast treats and birthday cakes would be perfect. I recently used it to make ice rings and will post that soon 🙂
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I was thinking about that – they are the perfect size of parfaits! I am looking forward to see what you have come up with 🙂
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