Pound cake recipe. I will teach you how to make a delicious and rich Marble Pound Cake, or shall I say marble swirl cake? Since the chocolate flavor is kicking big time in this pound cake recipe, I guess I will call it chocolate marble pound cake or fudge marble pound cake. Ok, I think I have confused you enough!
Easy Pound Cake Recipe
This marble pound cake recipe is for a moist, yet rich pound cake, the chocolate part of it tastes almost like fudge, so you have everything you love in one cake, a moist, rich texture, wonderful flavor, and it looks gorgeous.
Use high-quality butter and chocolate for this pound cake recipe, the flavor of these two ingredients are dominant. The steps to making this marble swirl cake are easy to follow.
You can use a hand mixer or a stand mixer to speed up the process of making the cake, a whisk will work too, but you will take longer time in mixing the batter.
In this pound cake recipe, I have used evaporated milk mixed with water since (in my opinion) it enhances the richness of the cake, but of course, you can use whole milk instead.
I wouldn’t use skim milk in this recipe. If you’re looking after your calorie intake but still crave delicious pound cake, then try my low-calorie pound cake recipe.
If you want the Authentic Classic Pound Cake Recipe, I’ve got that too. I have a feeling that you’ll love the marble version more though! In case you are not fond of chocolate, do not add it to the batter and you will still enjoy an amazing pound cake.
In case you made this cake, please take a pic and tag me on Instagram. I’d love to see your cake looked 😊
Let’s bake some marble pound cake!
Marble Pound Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- Pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup evaporated milk mixed with ¼ cup water OR 1/2 cup regular whole milk
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder mixed with 4 tablespoon hot water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Butter and flour a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan, keep aside.
- In a bowl, sift flour with salt and baking powder. Keep aside.
- In a different bowl, Add the butter and beat for 3 minutes until lighter in color. Add the sugar and beat until fluffy and much lighter in color, about 4 minutes on high speed.
- Add the vanilla and then add the eggs one at a time, and each time you add an egg, beat for three minutes.
- Add half the flour to the butter and sugar mixture and beat on lowest speed until combined (do not over mix).
- Add all the milk and beat until combined then add the rest of flour and beat until combined. The batter should look silky but a little thick.
- Take around three fourth of the batter and mix with the chocolate and hot water mixture.
- When scooping both batters in the pan, place a scoop of white batter and beside it a chocolate and the white batter and beside it chocolate batter. For the second layer, on top of every white batter place a chocolate batter, and on each chocolate, scoop a scoop of white batter. Using a butter knife, make a U or an S shape.
- Tap the pan lightly two times over the kitchen counter, place in the middle rack of the oven and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
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30/07/2017 at 4:08 amYour marbled cake turned out perfect, Muna. I love the smooth even crumb.
munatycooking
31/07/2017 at 8:06 amThank you 🙂 … I love this version of pound cake since it has chocolate!
robin rue
01/08/2017 at 12:15 pmI love marble cake because it makes my decision easy. I don’t have to choose between chocolate or yellow.
Kimberly
01/08/2017 at 12:29 pmHoly moly that sounds amazing! I’ve never made a pound cake but I think I have to now. Amazing job!
xo, Kimberly
Jenn JG
01/08/2017 at 1:01 pmOHHHH this looks AMAZING! I may have to attempt this! Im not the best baker but the recipe looks simple enough to try! Thanks for sharing
Nicole Green
01/08/2017 at 1:02 pmLove the idea to mix evaporated milk with water to maintain the richness of the cake. Swirl cakes are so good so I’m adding this to my must try list!
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 7:03 amThank you Nicole!
Ruthie Ridley
01/08/2017 at 1:37 pmThis cake looks divine!!
Stefanie
01/08/2017 at 2:01 pmThis looks so good!!! I will try to bake this cake for my grandparents birthday next week. cross your fingers 🙂
Sarah Bailey
01/08/2017 at 2:39 pmNow I have to admit I love a good marble cake, they are perfect with a hot drink and I really should think about making one myself soon. I’ll perhaps give your recipe a try.
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 7:03 amHope you liked it 🙂
[email protected] is How I Cook
01/08/2017 at 3:04 pmI’ll try to show some restraint here-but this looks great! Can’t wait to try it!
Heather Johnson
01/08/2017 at 4:01 pmYour marble pound cake recipe looks and sounds ridiculously delicious. I love fudge, so the chocolate part sounds divine to me!
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 7:01 amIf you like fudge then this cake will make you smile!
corinne & kirsty
01/08/2017 at 4:05 pmThis cake looks so so pretty! and instagrammable! I would love to bake something like this and will keep this recipe in mind
Alexandra
01/08/2017 at 4:20 pmAlmost looks too pretty to eat! Almost. 😉 Pinning this to my desserts board.
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 7:01 amThanks for you kind words Alexandra 🙂
Jessica Taylor
01/08/2017 at 4:51 pmCan you believe I have never eaten a pound cake? I was never sure about the texture! I guess this one would be a great one to test out
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 7:00 amWHAT?!! I never met a person who never had a pound cake in his life, but Jessica I think when you taste one you’ll fall in love 🙂
Lisa Favre
01/08/2017 at 5:08 pmThis pound cake looks so delicious! Love how the chocolate and vanilla just swished with each other so perfectly.
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 6:59 amThank you Lisa 🙂
Amber Myers
01/08/2017 at 7:22 pmOOoo this pound cake looks so delicious. I’m all about pound cake. I need to make this soon!
Miriam
01/08/2017 at 10:00 pmThis looks incredible and after many, many different tries I am STILL after the perfect marble cake, so maybe this will be it!
I can’t get evaporated milk here, so I’ll need to replace that. How much milk would I use? I wasn’t sure if it would be 1/4 cup (for the evaporated milk) or 1/2 cup (for the evaporated milk + water).
Thanks!
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 6:55 amHi Miriam, I have updated the recipe and you can use 1/2 cup whole milk if you don’t have evaporated milk and omit the water.
Miriam
02/08/2017 at 10:49 amThank you!
Esse D
01/08/2017 at 10:19 pmI’m usually not a chocolate lover, but this looks amazing! The marble pound cake looks like it’s just enough chocolate so that it’s not overload.
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 6:54 amYes, the chocolate is not taking over the flavor of this cake.
Rose
01/08/2017 at 10:37 pmOhhh this looks so pretty. I have oly made plain or lemon pound cake. I have all your ingredients except the evaporated milk. After I pick it up this may be as good as made!!
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 6:53 amYou can still make it with whole milk, but I would love for you to share how you liked it 🙂
Rachel
22/09/2018 at 10:01 pmI used evaporated milk n the second time I made it I used regular milk it was moist n delicious n easy too make my family n I enjoyed it
munatycooking
23/09/2018 at 10:42 amThanks for your feedback, Rachel 🙂
Zan Turner
01/08/2017 at 11:29 pmSeriously, this looks amazing! And your original pound cake recipe looks awesome. And so does that lamb stew on the sidebar! Anyway, I love the addition of chocolate to pound cake – I’ve had something like this before. Nothing like a good slice of pound cake – it’s one of our favorites.
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 6:53 amThank you so much and I hope you give this recipe a try!
Carly
01/08/2017 at 11:33 pmWow! This looks delicious and it came out perfect!
munatycooking
02/08/2017 at 6:52 amThank you!
Ana De- Jesus
02/08/2017 at 8:14 amOh my god this marble cake looks so delicious and I would love this cake with tea. Thank you so much for your tutorial xx
Nay
02/08/2017 at 8:25 amI love marble cake and this looks amazing and so straight forward to make! That’s my plan for the weekend.
Mai nguyen
02/08/2017 at 8:31 amThank for sharing this amazing recipe. It look so good especially for somebody who love chocolate like me. I will try it someday and I hope it will be same to you.
Claudia Krusch
02/08/2017 at 9:03 amI am always looking for new recipes to try. I love to bake and pound cake is one of my favorites. I will have to give this recipe a try this weekend.
Ruth I.
02/08/2017 at 9:12 amI am a huge fan of marble cakes and I will totally be cancelling my stuff now to make one. Thanks for the recipe!
Kait Around The Kingdom
02/08/2017 at 9:35 amI love a good pound cake! Marble cake used to be my favorite so I will have to try this!
Brandi with BigFitFam.com
02/08/2017 at 9:53 amOh my goodness this looks divine! My preggie belly needs to have this TODAY! I am definitely bookmarking and baking this as soon as possible!
Le
02/08/2017 at 11:48 amWill have to try evaporated milk next time, mine always come out a little drier to taste :-/ Pinning this recipe !
Brandi H
02/08/2017 at 11:54 pmOh my this looks so amazing! Sounds great with some strawberries and whipped topping. It seems pretty easy to make. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
David Elliott
03/08/2017 at 10:14 amI am not a huge fan of pound cake. But to be honest this pound cake does look incredible. The marbelization makes it looks so much better.
munatycooking
04/08/2017 at 1:03 pmThank you David 🙂
Jeff
06/08/2017 at 5:10 amYou certainly got the perfect swirl on that cake! I love pound cake and haven’t had it in a long time. It’s easy to turn pound cake into other delicious desserts, too – like trifle. So I’m sure I could make this cake go a long ways! Thanks for the recipe.
munatycooking
06/08/2017 at 10:09 pmI hope my post encouraged you to make some pound cake 🙂
Khulood
29/11/2017 at 1:47 pmI tried that marble cake. It was delicious and light. Thank u for sharing with us the perfect receipe..
munatycooking
29/11/2017 at 3:43 pmHi Khulood, thanks for your feedback, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Khulood
30/11/2017 at 2:51 pmMy pleasure
Claudia
14/02/2018 at 12:44 pmThis recipe came out PERFECT on the first try. I just had to add one or two tablespoons of hot water to my cocoa because the mix came out super dense and I felt like it wasn’t going to mix well with the rest of the batter. I also used 2% evaporated milk because I didn’t have whole. Thanks for the recipe!
munatycooking
17/04/2018 at 11:58 amThanks for your feedback Claudia, I’m happy that you liked it 🙂
Barb
16/04/2018 at 9:30 pmI would like to try this. I do have a question though – it appears from the pictures and assembly instructions (step 8) that there is a 50/50 split of chocolate/yellow batter, yet based on step 7, there would be 75% chocolate and 25% yellow. I just want to confirm whether you split the batter in half or 3/4 to achieve this cake. Can’t wait to bring this into work for team coffee break!
munatycooking
17/04/2018 at 11:54 amHi Barb. I have taken almost 3/4 of the batter and mixed it with chocolate. I didn’t weight it but eyeballed it. I wanted the marble effect to be intense and make the chocolate part more visible than the yellow. I hope you give it a try and please do let me know how you liked it 🙂
María torres
20/04/2018 at 11:20 pmGet it ready to make this easy pound cake. I have one problem! I check my ingredients and I have salted butter.. please help!!💖
munatycooking
21/04/2018 at 7:22 pmI sometimes use salted butter too, just omit the pinch of salt mentioned in the ingredients and go ahead. 🙂
CC
24/04/2018 at 2:53 pmCould I use 1 c up of sour cream
instead of buttermilk??
munatycooking
26/04/2018 at 7:09 pmHi, it is better to use whole milk instead for this recipe but you can use buttermilk. Sour cream will result in a dense cake and it won’t have the texture desired.
Village Bakery
23/05/2018 at 6:43 pmMuna! Great recipe. I made this for board game night and it was a hit
Lisa
01/06/2018 at 9:05 amHave you ever used this recipe with the addition of strawberries? Using this recipe for my Grandbabies to make and one wanted chocolate and strawberries.
munatycooking
01/06/2018 at 8:15 pmUsing strawberries in the batter will make it soggy, but you can add some on top of the cake before baking.
Rhonda B
28/06/2018 at 7:04 amHi Muna, can you tell me if this cake freezes well.
Thanks
Rhonda B
munatycooking
29/06/2018 at 5:52 amHi Rhonda, the cake will be a little dry if kept in the freezer or in the fridge since it is a butter based cake. Hope this helped.
Whitney
16/07/2018 at 7:52 pmHi! So I made this recipe today and have a question for you. What is the consistency of the cocoa powder and hot water mixture supposed to be like? Mine turned into almost a clay like consistency which resulted in a light brown colored chocolate batter freckled with clumps of cocoa powder. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you😊
munatycooking
16/07/2018 at 10:54 pmHi Whitney, you should get a thick batter but you have to fluff the cocoa powder first and then measure it to get the exact amount. You have to mix the chocolate batter well to avoid lumps. I hope this helped 🙂
Lauren
24/07/2018 at 12:14 pmHello I was wonder if this recipe would fit a 10” tube pan or if I would have to change the recipe thanks:)
munatycooking
24/07/2018 at 5:07 pmHi! I think it will work fine but you might not get the height shown in the images of this post.
Majida
10/08/2018 at 12:22 pmHi muna , I used to bake normal marble cake and it was good. But when I tried yours, it turned out to be AMAZING. It was moist, creamy inside, very delicious and just the right balance. My only tip: I added more chocolate to the batter. That’s the only change that I have made. Everyone has asked me where I got the recipe from. Thank you so much and wish you the best 🤗
munatycooking
11/08/2018 at 8:54 pmHi Majida, thanks for your feedback. Between you and me, I like more chocolate too 😉
Susan Lynch
04/09/2018 at 3:08 pmI just put this in the oven and the batter was wonderful
and light, can’t wait till it’s done. Thanks
munatycooking
05/09/2018 at 9:18 pmPlease let me know how it turned out 🙂
Nicolthepickle
07/09/2018 at 7:49 amThis was delightful. I added a little melted chocolate to the chocolate batter as I find just adding cocoa and water can make the cake a bit dry. This is a generalization in reference to marble cakes, yours may not do this. I was being proactive. 🙄🙂
And I used 3/4 tsp salt.
Definitely making this again.
munatycooking
07/09/2018 at 8:09 amHi, I’m so happy to get your feedback! Adding melted chocolate sounds delicious, I will try it too 🙂
Paru
04/01/2019 at 4:43 pmI followed your recipe exactly as you have described and it came out delicious. The texture of the cake was perfect. The addition of evaporated milk made a big difference. Thanks for the lovely recipe. My only concern was the ratio of white and chocolate batter. The recipe mentions to mix 3/4th of the batter with chocolate mix which ended up in a more chocolaty cake than a marble. Should it be 3/4 cup of the batter than 3/4th of the batter?
munatycooking
05/01/2019 at 1:44 amHi Paru, Thank you for trying my recipe and I’m happy that you enjoyed it. I always made the recipe the same way I wrote it and yes the chocolate batter always seems to look much more than the white but the white batter rise more while baking than the chocolate batter. However, I will make the recipe again and give a precise measurement of how many cups should be taken from the batter to mix with chocolate, I guess this will make it easier on my readers.
Thanks again for bringing this to attention, I truely appreciate it 🙂
Heba
06/02/2019 at 1:24 pmHi…can use sweetened condesed milk instead of evaborating milk and reduce the sugar amount?
munatycooking
07/02/2019 at 5:32 amHi, I didn’t try it but I think the texture of the cake won’t be the same and may turn dense.
Shawn
04/04/2019 at 4:53 pmFantastic! Great taste, beautifully soft texture. The chocolate makes it scrumptious. I served it topped with strawberries for a birthday dessert, and everyone was in heaven. Love this recipe!
Only thing I would edit: the prep time. The beat & mix times alone add up to about 20 mins, so no way this takes only 10 mins to prep. 🙂 I spent about 40 mins on prep — I might be able to shave off 5 mins or so once I get it down, but I don’t think you could prep this in less than 30 mins (plus extra time to get eggs and butter to room temp).
Other than that, it’s a true 5-star recipe!
munatycooking
06/04/2019 at 9:42 amThanks for your feedback Shawn, I’m glad that you like this cake as much as we did 🙂