Old Vienna Marbled Gugelhupf
- Butter for greasing pan
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus additional for dusting pan
- 4 eggs, separated
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zested
- 1 tablespoon Austrian rum or Cognac
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 13 cup water
- Confectioners' sugar to dust cake
- Softly whipped cream, for serving
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Butter and flour a 10-cup fluted cake pan.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the egg yolks with the sugar, lemon zest and rum until pale yellow and creamy.
- Sift flour with baking powder and slowly stir into the egg yolk mixture alternately with the cream.
- In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
- Gently fold into the batter.
- Spoon half of the batter into another bowl.
- In a small bowl, mix the cocoa powder with the water to form a paste and gently stir into half of the batter.
- Spoon about two-thirds of the plain batter into the prepared pan.
- Add all of the chocolate batter and then the remaining plain.
- Do not worry about mixing them; a pattern will form during the baking process.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- Invert onto a cake plate and let stand for several hours.
- Dust with confectioners' sugar when cool.
- Serve each slice with a dollop of softly whipped cream.
butter, flour, eggs, sugar, lemon zested, rum, baking powder, heavy cream, cocoa, water, confectioners, cream
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/5583 (may not work)