Babka Polish Marble Cake Recipes

POLISH BABKA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sift all-purpose flour and baking powder into a bowl. Stir in potato starch.
• Beat 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla sugar; beat until just combined. Add egg yolks and sour cream; mix well. Whisk lemon zest, lemon juice, and almond extract into the batter.
• Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl using clean beaters until stiff peaks form.
• Beat flour mixture into the batter until no dry spots remain. Gently fold in raisins and egg whites until evenly incorporated.
• Liberally grease an 8-inch, 6-cup Bundt® cake pan with 1 1/2 tablespoons butter. Sprinkle evenly with bread crumbs. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool slightly before inverting cake onto a serving plate.

MARBLE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit or 180° Celsius.
• Grease the Bundt Pan with a thin coat of butter.
• Using a saucepan, melt the butter over a low heat.
• Gently swirl the butter in the saucepan as it melts to make sure it doesn't burn.
• Set the melted butter aside to cool off.
• Using two mixing bowls, separate the egg yolks and egg whites.
• Beat the egg whites with a hand mixer until stiff and fluffy.
• In a separate bowl, combine the egg yolks with powdered sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and salt, and using a hand mixer equipped with a whisk, beat them thoroughly until the mixture obtains a creamy and fluffy texture.
• Add the egg whites to the mixed egg yolks and gently stir them together.
• In a large measuring cup, combine pastry flour, potato flour, and baking powder, and mix them thoroughly together with a spoon.
• Slowly add the flour to the combined eggs, and mix them gently together.
• Continue mixing gently as you slowly pour the butter. Continue mixing all the ingredients together until combined into a batter that's uniform in texture.
• Pour ¾ of the mixed batter into the greased Bundt cake pan.
• Add cocoa powder to the remaining batter and mix it well together with a spatula.
• Pour the cocoa batter evenly on top of the vanilla batter.
• Put it in the oven and bake the Bundt cake for 40 - 45 minutes.
• Remove your Bundt cake from the oven and let it cool for 10 - 15 minutes.
• Slowly turn the Bundt pan with the cake onto a large plate, and lift the form as you rest the Bundt Cake on the plate.
• Sprinkle some powdered sugar on top and enjoy!

EASY POLISH EASTER BABKA (BABKA WIELKANOCNA)

Steps:

• Place the raisins in a small bowl and cover with rum, soak for two hours or warm in microwave for 45 seconds to speed up the process
• Add yeast to a small bowl or cup and cover with warm water, it should become foamy
• Cream butter, sugar, and salt
• Add milk and vanilla, mix until mixture cools
• Mix in eggs and yeast mixture, then flour
• Add citrus zest and raisins (which have been strained from the rum, reserve rum for the glaze)
• Butter bundt pan and sprinkle with unseasoned dry breadcrumbs
• Add batter to pan, cover and let rise until almost to the top of the pan
• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Bake for 40 - 45 minutes, internal temp should be at least 190.
• Cook 10 minutes before removing from pan, and cool
• Dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with glaze

BABKA (POLISH MARBLE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray and coat with bread crumbs.
• Combine egg yolks, confectioners' sugar, applesauce, and margarine in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in almond flour, rye flour, and baking powder slowly. Stir in all but 2 tablespoons of the milk into the batter.
• Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into the batter. Fold in raisins.
• Pour most of the batter into the prepared pan, reserving 3/4 cup batter in the bowl. Add reserved 2 tablespoons milk and cocoa powder to the bowl; stir until smooth. Drizzle over the batter in the pan. Trace over the batter with a spatula to create a marbled effect.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.