Marble Gugelhopf with cherries

Instructions

1. Step 1

   Grease the Gugelhopf tin with a little butter, dust the inside with flour, tap off any excess flour.

2. Step 2

   Place the butter in a bowl, add the sugar and salt, beat using the whisk on a mixer. Add the eggs one at a time, continue to beat until the mixture becomes lighter in colour. Pour in the milk, mix in, combine the flour and baking powder, add, mix in using the rubber spatula.

3. Step 3

   Divide the batter into two portions, set aside several cherries for the decoration, pit and halve the remainder of the cherries, mix into one half of the batter.

4. Step 4

   Place the chocolate in a thin-sided bowl, suspend over a gently simmering bain-marie; the bowl must not touch the water. Melt the chocolate, stir until smooth, mix into the other half of the batter. Using two tablespoons, spoon the cake mixtures alternately into the prepared cake tin.

5. Step 5

   Approx. 50 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, tip out onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely. Melt the cake icing according to the packet instructions, spread on top of the cake, place the reserved cherries on top, leave to dry.