Cherry Marble Cake Topped With Hazelnuts And Chocolate
A marble cake is a great choice when you want to bake a delicious, eye-catching cake quickly. But everyone has eaten marble cakes a thousand times before, so even though they might be classic, they don't exactly scream originality. That's where this recipe for a hazelnut cherry marble cake comes in! With just a few extra steps, you can give this traditional cake a new twist and transform it into a true showstopper of a dessert. Our revamped marble cake gets baked with sweet maraschino cherries, crunchy hazelnuts, and a rich chocolate coating, bringing you a delicious dessert with minimal effort. It turns out baking a creative dessert is a piece of marble cake!
Yield: 1
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Inactive Time: 1 hour
Difficulty Level: Easy
You'll Need:
For the cherry marble cake:
- 2½ cups flour
- 1¾ sticks butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 2½ tsp baking powder
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 pinch of salt
- 4 eggs
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder + 2 tbsp milk
- ⅔ cup dark maraschino cherries
For the toppings:
- ⅓ cup cherry preserves
- ⅓ cup hazelnuts
- 1 cup chocolate chips, tempered
Extra:
- 9-inch springform pan
- large jar + screw-on lid
- hair dryer or culinary torch
Here's How:
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9-inch springform pan. For the cherry marble cake, pour the flour, melted butter, sugar, baking powder, milk, salt, and eggs into the large jar. Screw on the lid and shake the jar for about 2 minutes until a smooth batter forms. If you'd prefer to make the cake batter in a more traditional way, you can also combine the ingredients using a hand mixer. Pour ½ of the batter into the springform pan.
2. Add 2 tablespoons of milk and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder to the remaining batter in the jar, close the jar, and shake it vigorously until a smooth batter forms. Pour the chocolate batter into the springform pan and use a toothpick to create a marble pattern in the cake batter.
3. Press the maraschino cherries into the batter. Transfer the springform pan to the oven and bake the cherry marble cake at 350°F for 45 minutes. Once it has baked, take the marble cake out of the oven and let it cool. Heat up the cherry preserves and brush a thin layer of it on top of the marble cake.
4. Sprinkle the hazelnuts on top of the layer of cherry preserves while it's still warm.
5. Remove the ring from the springform pan and place it on top of a piece of parchment paper. Temper the chocolate chips, pour the tempered chocolate into the ring of the springform pan, and spread it around evenly.
6. Remove the ring of the springform pan and let the chocolate set. Once it has hardened, carefully remove the round piece of chocolate from the parchment paper and place it on top of the hazelnuts on the marble cake. Melt the hardened chocolate with a hair dryer or culinary torch so that the chocolate coats the hazelnuts and marble cake evenly.
Although there are just a few additional ingredients and steps to making this marble cake, the results are truly breathtaking. Who knew taking your marble cakes from traditional to tantalizing could be so easy?
Get the recipe for the Magic Chocolate Hazelnut Cake featured in the bonus video.