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Pumpkin Marble Cake

Moist pumpkin marble cake is a pumpkin spice cake with a swirl of chocolate throughout! Learn the easiest way to make marble cake with this easy recipe.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 300 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Pumpkin Cake
  • 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk lowfat ok
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 15 ounce can pumpkin puree
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour properly measured
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
Chocolate Swirl
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons buttermilk
Topping
  • powdered sugar

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 10-12 cup bundt pan. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, combine sugars, oil, and buttermilk until blended.
  3. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  4. Stir in vanilla extract and pumpkin puree.
  5. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  6. Stir into batter until combined.
  7. Scoop out 1 ½ cups of batter into a separate bowl.
  8. Add cocoa powder, granulated sugar, and buttermilk to the batter you just scooped out.
  9. Stir to combine.
  10. Add pumpkin spice to pumpkin batter, and mix in.
  11. Add one cup of pumpkin batter to bundt pan.
  12. Top batter with 1/4 cup chocolate batter.
  13. Repeat with 1/2 cup pumpkin batter on top of chocolate batter.
  14. Continue repeating layers with remaining batter.
  15. Bake 50-65 minutes, or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
  16. Cool in pan 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack.
  17. Remove pan, and cool completely.
  18. Dust with powdered sugar just before serving, if desired.

Notes

  • Oil: Feel free to use a different type of neutral oil like canola oil or light olive oil in this recipe.
  • Buttermilk: If you don't have buttermilk, you can make a homemade buttermilk substitute with this recipe.
  • Pumpkin puree: Be sure to use pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie mix. Pumpkin pie mix has sugar and spices already added to it.
  • Flour: To properly measure the flour, stir, lightly spoon into the measuring cup, and level. 
  • Nutrition values are estimates. 

Nutrition Information

Serving 1serving Calories 300kcal (15%) Carbohydrates 54g (18%) Protein 4g (8%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 6g (30%) Cholesterol 31mg (10%) Sodium 169mg (7%) Potassium 179mg (5%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 34g (68%) Vitamin A 4184IU (84%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 53mg (5%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 16servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 300

% Daily Value*

Serving 1serving
Calories 300kcal 15%
Carbohydrates 54g 18%
Protein 4g 8%
Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Cholesterol 31mg 10%
Sodium 169mg 7%
Potassium 179mg 4%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 34g 68%
Vitamin A 4184IU 84%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 53mg 5%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.