Homemade marble pound cake is a great, dense, made-from-scratch cake that’ll take care of both your chocolate and vanilla cravings all at once.

Homemade Marble Pound Cake

This is a great base for an ice cream sundae, to be cubed up into a trifle, or just served with some chocolate on top. This post first appeared over on Chocolate, Chocolate, and More, where I’m a contributor. I loved it so much though I wanted to share it with all of you here too. I hope you enjoy it!

I just love pound cake because it is such a versatile dessert. You can even grill pound cake. Yup. It happens. And it is awesome.

Traditionally pound cake gets its name from including a pound of butter, sugar, flour, and eggs. Obviously that has now changed since the pound cake was originally created back in the 1700’s, and it is more about the texture than exact ingredient proportions.

This cake is sweet, and dense, and full of flavor. The chocolate is kicked up a lot by using Malted Chocolate Milk mix, such as Ovaltine’s Chocolate Malt powder. It is my kids’ favorite, and I thought that it would make an awesome addition.

The topping is totally optional on this cake. If you do want to pipe on some ganache, I use the ganache portion of this recipe, cooled down a bit, and then piped onto the top of the cake.

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Marble Pound Cake shopping list

Wondering if you have to hit the store? Here’s the list of items you’ll need to make this recipe. For specific amounts, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.

Salted butter, softened
Sugar
Eggs
Vanilla
Sour cream
All-purpose flour
Baking soda
Ovaltine

Try this Ovaltine Chocolate Cake, too!

How to make Marble Pound Cake

This is just the overview so you can see what you’re actually getting into here. When you are cooking, you’ll want to use the full recipe at the bottom of the page.

Preheat

Turn the oven on to 350°F and let it preheat.

Cream

Cream together the butter and sugar for 5 minutes. Slowly add in the flour.

Whisk

Whisk the eggs, vanilla, and sour cream. Add to the flour mixture.

Chocolate

Remove 1/3 of the batter and mix in the Ovaltine.

Cake Pan

Prep a tube pan with baking spray. Add the vanilla batter.

Put spoonfuls of the chocolate batter on top of the vanilla. Use a butter knife to swirl the chocolate through the vanilla.

Tap the pan on the counter several times to remove any bubbles.

Bake

Bake in your preheated oven for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs. Let cool for at least 10 minutes before turning out of the pan.

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Yield: 8 servings

Marble Pound Cake Recipe

Name: Marble Pound Cake Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 sticks salted butter, softened; 1 1/3 cups sugar; 4 large eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1/8 cup sour cream; 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 cup powdered malted chocolate milk mix, like Ovaltine

This homemade pound cake is a great addition to any table. Get the best of both worlds and make it homemade. It is easy, and you're whole family will love it!

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

2 sticks salted butter, softened
1 1/3 cups sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/8 cup sour cream
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup powdered malted chocolate milk mix, like Ovaltine

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350.
Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about five minutes. Slowly add in the flour, and mix to combine. Don't over-mix!
In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, vanilla, and sour cream. Slowly add into batter and mix just until combined. Remove 1/3 of the batter from the bowl, and put into a separate bowl. Mix in the chocolate milk mix until well combined.
Place the vanilla batter into a tube pan that's been prepared with baking spray. Spread out evenly in the pan. Place spoonfuls of the chocolate batter all around the top of the vanilla batter. Use a butter knife to swirl the chocolate into the vanilla. Tap the pan several times on the counter to distribute batter and eliminate any gaps.
Bake for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, and then invert onto serving tray.

Homemade Marble Pound Cake