Steem Kitchen Contest #3 – Cheap and Cheerful: How to Make a Scrumptious Marble Pound Cake

Good day and greetings everyone. This is my entry to the Steem Kitchen Contest #3 – Cheap and Cheerful: How to Make a Scrumptious Marble Pound Cake

Well, how are you all feeling today? I hope everyone’s feeling fantastic and doing well. Well, today I wanted to share and show you how to make this scrumptious old time marble pound cake. I am inspired by this scrumptious cake through the famous enterprise no other than the so-called “Better Homes and Gardens. One of my friends back in the 90s had thrown a get-together party on one weekend at her apartment complex and she made this delicious cake.

I couldn’t resist how delightful the cake was. I have to have the recipe, she gladly and willingly without hesitation gave me where she got the recipe from. Later, I went to the book store and purchase the recipe book adding it to my collection in the book shelf. And today, whenever I want to indulge for a marble cake. This is my go to recipe. And I just wanted to share this with you as well.

Now, about the price cost of this recipe; however, I am not able to give the exact figure cost for this cake because I don’t have the receipts. So, I will guesstimate. I usually shop inside the base because the prices there are a lot cheaper than outside stores. I would say that my guesstimate cost for this cake is $3 to 4 dollars which the SBD conversion rate is pretty much close to it. So, I think my guesstimate is within the price and still very affordable plus you end up having a delightful cake for dessert that you can share with family and friends.

Without further delay, here’s how you make it:

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Baking Time: 70 minutes
Servings: 8-10

Marble Pound Cake

Ingredients:

2 cups King Arthur flour all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
¾ c. butter
½ c. milk
3 large eggs
1 ¼ cups sugar
1 tsp. lemon zest
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 tbl. Hot water
1 tbl. Sugar
1 ounce of Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate
¼ tsp. cinnamon

Steps and Procedures:

Preheat oven to 325F and if using non-stick pan, spray the pan with spray made with flour.

In a large mixing bowl, at medium speed, beat the butter until creamy and fluffy.

Add the sugar slowly and keep beating until very fluffy.

Add eggs to the mixture one at a time with a minute interval between each one. Continue to beat for 3-5 more minutes.

Add milk, lemon zest, and lemon juice until well incorporated in the mixture.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. And add to the mixture at a low speed until smooth.

In a small saucepan, heat the chocolate square over low heat, and stir until melted. Set aside to cool.

Add boiling water to the 1 tbl sugar and mix until sugar dissolves and pour this mixture to the melted chocolate that’s in the pan and add the cinnamon to combine and mix. Set aside to cool.

Divide the batter in half and place the other half into another bowl. Pour the melted chocolate mixture into one half of the batter and mix thoroughly until the color changes to light brown.

Using a large spoon, alternatingly place a spoonful of batter into the pan. Once completed, use a spatula to stir gently the batter.

Bake in the oven for 70 minutes or until a wooden stick inserted comes out clean.

Remove from the oven and allow it to cool for about 10-15 minutes.

Transfer to a serving platter and serve.

There you have it, a scrumptious old time marble pound cake. I hope you will try to make this in your kitchen at home and share with family and friends. I love this cake for what it’s worth and its flavor is just wonderfully delightful to the taste.

Have a great day and thank you so much for visiting. Enjoy and happy cooking/baking! Peace and blessings.