Recipe: Babka Marmurkowa (rum, coffee and chocolate marble Bundt cake)

BABKA MARMURKOWA

4 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 cups sugar
10 tbsp butter, melted
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tbsp. instant coffee, diluted in 1 tsp water
2 tsp rum extract (or 4 tbsp dark rum), divided use
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a Bundt pan. (Instead of bunt form, you can use bread loaves forms or large cup cakes. Decrease baking time with size.)

Whip eggs and egg yolk with sugar until pale and fluffy. Add melted butter; whip more. Add milk, coffee and half the rum flavoring; mix well. Add flour and baking powder and mix on high until fluffy. Place half of the batter in the prepared pan.

Add cocoa powder and the remaining rum to the second half of batter, mix well. Pour over first half of batter, swirl a knife through both batters once. The dark batter is heavier and will fall during baking.

Bake for 50-60 minutes or until cake tests done with a wooden skewer.

Serve with butter, or ice cream, or by itself.

TIP: Microwave cold cake slices 15 seconds for that freshly baked taste.

From: steve fr fla