Jump to RecipeThis post may contain affiliate links.See my disclosure policy.This authentic Marmorkuchen recipe features that rich and buttery vanilla crumb swirled with chocolate that has made it a Kaffee und Kuchen favorite for generations.

German marble cake is the perfect make-ahead dessert because it tastes even better the next day! Marmorkuchen is a cake that every German child and adult has eaten at least once, if not many times.It has been enjoyed for two centuries, putting smiles on faces as lips are smacked and dropped crumbs are salvaged.It’s a simple cake that’s synonymous with simpler times.

I can remember enjoying Marmorkuchen in my home in Stuttgart where my Mutti would make it, and eagerly eating a slice of it during Pause, or break time, at school.This cake is so ubiquitous that you can find it pre-packaged in any store throughout Germany, often in rectangle loaf form.But as with all food, nothing compares to homemade and that is most certainly true of German marble cake! What is Marmorkuchen? Marmorkuchen is a traditional German cake that’s baked in a Gugelhupf or Bundt pan and features a streaked or mottled appearance that’s created by swirling together light and dark batters, traditionally vanilla and chocolate, to create a marbled pattern.

Because of it’s stripy appearance it’s also called zebra cake.It falls under the category of cakes known as as Rührkuchen, or “stirred cake”.It’s a variety of tea cake,

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