Marbled Gugelhupf Food

OLD VIENNA MARBLED GUGELHUPF

Steps:

• 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.

GUGELHUPF

Steps:

• To prepare the dough: in a bowl, combine milk, sugar, and yeast. Stir and allow to proof.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Using the paddle attachment, over low speed, slowly add the yeast mixture. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and lastly, the butter, a piece at a time.
• Continue to beat at medium speed until the dough gets elastic and almost forming a ball around the paddle, about 3 to 4 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until double in size, about 45 to 60 minutes.
• Generously butter a gugelhupf mold. Sprinkle with sugar. Reserve.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Roll out the dough into 1/4-inch thickness, about 12-inches wide and 16-inches long. Spread the butter throughout the surface. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the butter. Lastly, sprinkle the chopped nuts and macerated raisins. Roll the dough into a log and place inside the prepared mold.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until top is well browned. Leave it to cool in the mold for 10 minutes, then unmold it on a wire rack. Sprinkle generously with sifted powdered sugar before serving.

MARBLED GUGELHUPF

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350F. Coat an 8 cup gugelhupf pan with nonstick cooking spray. (or use bundt pan)
• 2. Beat egg whites in a medium bowl until soft peaks form. Set aside.
• 3. In a larger bowl, with electric mixer, beat the sugar, butter, vanilla and egg yolks until smooth a creamy.
• 4. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and add half to egg yolk mixture, along with half the milk. Mix until combined and add remaining flour and milk, mixing again.
• 5. Fold in egg whites until combined.
• 6. Spoon half the batter into prepared pan. Mix cocoa and 2 tbls. milk until smooth. Add to remaining batter and mix until blended.
• 7. Spoon into pan and using a knife, swirl white and chocolate batter together until marbeled.
• 8. Bake 50-60 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and turn pan onto wire rack to cool. Cake should release.
• 9. Dust with powdered sugar to serve.

CHOCOLATE GUGELHUPF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 Degrees Celsius.
• Spray a gugelhupf pan to grease.
• Using electric beater beat icing sugar, oil and vanilla sugar until smooth.
• Add egg yolks and mix until just combined.
• Mix in 1/2 the flour then 1/2 the milk. Repeat with the remaining. Mix until well combined.
• Using electric beater whisk egg whites until stiff.
• Gently fold through cake mix.
• Spoon half cake mix into container.
• Combine cocoa and extra milk in small bowl.
• Stir into remaining cake mix.
• Spoon into tin and using a knife fold together to get marbled effect.
• Bake in oven 1 hour until skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Cool and dust with icing sugar to serve.