Ingredients for - Oma's German Marble Cake

1. Butter 1 cup
2. Sugar 1 ¾ cups
3. Egg yolks 5
4. All-purpose flour 3 ½ cups
5. Milk 1 cup
6. Baking powder 2 teaspoons
7. Egg whites 5
8. Sweet cocoa 2 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Oma's German Marble Cake

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan.

2 . Stage

In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugar. Beat in egg yolks. Continue beating for 10 minutes.

3 . Stage

Gradually stir in flour, alternating with splashes of milk, until all of the flour and milk are mixed in. Stir in baking powder.

4 . Stage

In a separate bowl, beat egg whites. Fold egg whites into batter.

5 . Stage

Reserve 1/4 of the batter, and pour the rest into a greased, floured tube pan.

6 . Stage

Mix cocoa into the remaining 1/4 of the batter. Then turn into tube pan, and fold under with a fork to produce a marbled appearance.

7 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.