Vanilla Red Velvet Marbled Pound Cake Recipe
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Vanilla Red Velvet Marbled Pound Cake Recipe is the best of two desserts in one! It’s rich, dense, buttery, and decadent.
I’ve been brainstorming pound cake for my Pound Cake Series. I came up with this Vanilla Red Velvet Marbled Pound Cake recipe where I combined both a traditional pound cake and a red velvet pound cake. The two differenct batters are swirled together to create a marbled affect. It’s beautiful and delicious!
It’s THE BEST of both!
Vanilla Red Velvet Marbled Pound Cake Recipe has a nice red velvet flavor, which to me is a faint cocoa flavor. Does red velvet have a flavor other than cocoa? Red food coloring maybe. Not sure, but paired with the buttery vanilla pound cake, this is a really tasty cake.
The texture is dense, moist, and has a fine crumb. Furthermore, it has that crusty outside that everyone loves.
Additionally, it’s a beautiful cake, a real show-stopper, which makes it a really good dessert for holidays, celebrations, church socials, etc. I made it for game day and literally had people fighting over it!
Vanilla Red Velvet Marbled Pound Cake Recipe
I smothered my Vanilla Red Velvet Marbles Pound Cake Recipe with a sweet Buttermilk Glaze that is to-die-for! It’s sweet and smooth and the perfect crown for this jewel of a cake! I also tried it with a
As well, I used a clear vanilla extract in the frosting. You may use a regular (brown colored) vanilla extract, however, it may discolor your frosting slightly to cream, not a pure white frosting. You can find clear vanilla in the baking department of craft stores, the craft department at WalMart, or a store that sells baking products.
Pound Cake Baking Tips
- Read through your recipe completely, once or twice before beginning. Prep any ingredients that need special attention, like chopping fruit, toasting nuts, sifting flour.
- I baked my cake in this Tube Pan.
- To bake in a 9×5-inch loaf pan. bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes. You can use an 8×4-inch loaf pan, but you’ll need to bake it slightly longer.
- Bring all the cold ingredients to room temperature before beginning.
- Use real
butter . - Measure carefully, especially the flour. How do you measure flour? To correctly measure flour, first,
sift the flour. Then using a spoon or scoop lightly scoop flour out of its container into a measuring cup. Continue filling the cup until it is overflowing, then using the back of abutter knife level the flour. Scooping the measuring cup directly into the flour to fill can result in up to 25% more flour than lightly spooning the flour into the measuring cup. More flour in a recipe will make it dense and dry. - Read all about how to Calibrate your oven in this post.
- Read all my tips for Baking the Perfect Pound Cake.
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- Easy Strawberry Cake
- Pecan Cobbler
- Million Dollar Pound Cake
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Vanilla Red Velvet Marbled Pound Cake Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup Crisco shortening
- 2 and ½ cups granulated sugar
- 6 large eggs at room temperature
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon red food coloring
Buttermilk Glaze
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 and ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 tablespoons whole milk
Alternate icing – Cream Cheese Glaze
- 4 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons butter at room temperature
- 1 and ½ cups powdered sugar (aka confectioners) sifted
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream or whole milk (heavy cream is better)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan or tube pan.
- Cream the butter and shortening until smooth.
- Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time beating until just incorporated after each addition.
- Stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add flour alternately with the milk beginning and ending with the flour.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Transfer half the mixture to another bowl.
- To one batch of batter, add cocoa and food coloring. Stir until combined.
- Evenly pour half of the vanilla pound cake batter into the prepared pan.
- Top that layer with half of the red velvet pound cake batter. Spread evenly.
- Repeat with remaining vanilla then red velvet batter. Smooth the top.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes. The cake will be done when a wooden pick inserted in the thickest part comes out clean or with dry crumbs.
- Cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes before inverting the cake on serving tray.
- Cool cake completely.Bring
- When cooled, frost with Buttermilk Glaze.
Buttermilk Glaze
- On medium heat, in a large, heavy-bottomed skillet, bring sugar, baking soda, buttermilk, butter, and corn syrup to a low boil.
- Stir constantly for 4 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- Whisk until smooth.
- If the glaze is too thick to drizzle over cake, add whole milk 1 tablespoon at a time until thin enough to pour. Frosting will thicken as it cools.
- Serve immediately. Store in an airtight container.
Alternate icing – Cream Cheese Glaze
- Combine cream cheese and butter. Slowly add sugar alternately with milk and vanilla. Add more milk if needed to get a pourable consistency. Put in a ziptop bag and snip the corner off. Drizzle over cake………….
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
I made this cake for my friend’s birthday and it was a huge hit! The red velvet and vanilla came together perfectly in the marbled effect. The pound cake was so moist and flavorful, and the recipe was surprisingly easy to follow. Thanks for sharing this recipe, I’ll definitely be making it again!
I just baked this cake and it’s absolutely divine! The combination of vanilla and red velvet is genius. The marbling effect is so pretty too. Can’t thank you enough for sharing this recipe.