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Copycat Marble Pound Cake

Take all the flavors of a marble cake and turn it into this delicious marble pound cake! This is the perfect Starbucks marble pound cake copycat recipe.

Course Dessert
Cuisine Dessert
Keyword pound cake recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Servings 4 cakes
Calories 3523 kcal

Ingredients

Regular Cake Batter

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4 sticks butter softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 9 eggs

Chocolate Cake Batter

  • 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup dark cocoa powder
  • 1 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 4 sticks butter softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 9 eggs

Frosting

  • 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • 1 Tbsp light corn syrup

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease four loaf pans with shortening or nonstick cooking spray.

  2. In a medium bowl, combine flour and salt for regular cake batter. Stir to mix.

  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together 4 sticks of butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to medium and add in eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Reduce mixer speed to low and, working in small batches, add in flour mixture and mix until just combined.

  4. In a medium bowl, combine 2 1/4 cup flour, 1 cup cocoa and 2 tsp salt. Stir to mix well.

  5. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together 4 sticks of butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to medium and add in eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Reduce mixer speed to low and, working in small batches, add in flour and cocoa mixture and mix until just combined.

  6. Alternating between the regular and chocolate batters, pour batters into prepared loaf pans.Using a knife, swirl to randomly mix the batters together. Bake in preheated oven for one hour. Remove from oven and cool completely.

  7. Once the cakes are cooled, combine chocolate chips, butter and syrup in a double boiler. Heat over medium-low heat and, stirring constantly, heat until melted and smooth. Pour over cooled cakes and let sit for 5 minutes or until set.