Marble Bundt Cake

My husband is a fan of the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, we sometimes will reference the part about the bundt cake. But surprisingly I have never made a bundt cake. When looking for a cake to make a bundt cake has never been high on my list. I always go for a layer cake with frosting and a chance to practice my decorating skills.

In typically fashion, when I decided to make a bundt cake, I made two of them. I could not decided which one I wanted to make, they both sounded good. This bundt cake is light and moist, not the typical dense bundt cake, plus it is not overly sweet.

Marble Bundt Cake

Ingredients:

• 3 cups cake flour, sifted
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup natural cocoa powder

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350º F. Grease and flour a 10-12 cup bundt pan.
2. In a medium bowl, dissolve cocoa powder in 3 tablespoons hot water. Set aside.
3. In another medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, beat the butter until smooth. Add in the sugar and beat on medium-high until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
5. Reduce the speed and add the eggs in one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add in the vanilla and mix until well combined.
6. Alternate adding in the flour mixture, in 3 additions and buttermilk, in 2 additions, beginning and ending with the flour. Completely incorporate after each addition, but do not over mix.
7. Add 1/4 cup of the batter to the cocoa mixture and stir just until completely mixed. Add in an additional 1 3/4 cups batter to the chocolate batter and mix just until combined.
8. Alternate adding the chocolate and vanilla batters to the prepared bundt pan and gently swirl with a cake skewer. Smooth the batter with a spatula and whack the pan against the counter to evenly distribute the batter.
9. Bake for 45 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out mostly clean.
10. Place the bundt pan on a wire rack and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
11. Whack the pan on the counter to loosen the cake from the pan and turn out onto the cooling rack to cool completely.
12. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.

Enjoy!!!
*Adapted from Liv for Cake.