Light Marble Pound Cake
Serves: 5
Terry Wiza
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
44
Spice
48
Sweetness
51
Sourness
43
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.2
Difficulty
Ingredients:
3 cups
All-Purpose Flour1 tsp
Baking Powder1 cup
Butter (softened)1 cup
Vegetable Shortening1 cup
White Sugar5
Eggs1 cup
Unsweetened Applesauce1 cup
Milk1 tsp
Vanilla Extract1 tsp
Lemon Juice1 cup
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder1 cup
WaterDirections:
1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C)
2
Grease a 10-inch tube pan
3
Whisk the flour and baking powder in a bowl until thoroughly combined
4
In a large bowl, beat the butter and vegetable shortening together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes
5
Mix in 3 cups of sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating until smooth after each addition, then beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating each in well before adding the next
6
Beat in the applesauce until the liquid ingredients are smooth
7
Mix in the flour mixture, alternating with the milk, and stir in vanilla extract and lemon juice
8
In a bowl, stir the cocoa powder, 1/4 cup of sugar, and water until the sugar has dissolved and the syrup is smooth
9
Pour about 3/4 cup of the pound cake batter into the chocolate mixture, and stir to combine
10
Pour the remaining vanilla cake batter into the prepared tube pan, then pour the chocolate batter over the vanilla batter
11
With a spoon handle or butter knife, swirl the two batters together a few times (don't overmix) to create a marbled effect
12
Bake the cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, and the sides of the cake pull slightly away from the pan, 70 to 80 minutes
13
Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert the cake and remove from the pan onto the wire rack to finish cooling completely