Cream Cheese (Bisquick) Marble Pound Cake

Of course I am embarrassed to be using Bisquick aka pre-mixed baking product and blogging about it. No, they are not sponsoring this post nor are they sending samples of the powdered stuff to my door. I am blogging this because I am a resourceful person. However, my beloved roommate, Heather, is not.  likes to shop at Costco. We live in an old Portland Craftsman style house built in 1906 with small cupboards. I need room for my glorious bottles of extra virgin olive oil and bags of millet , dried rose petals, and Skor Bars. I needed to get rid of that ginormous box of Bisquick Heather will never use. 

I found a recipe for Bisquick pound cake receiving mad props on the inter webs so I had to try. On my first go round I made a boozy plum version which I brought to a bachelorette party. I got inspired to make the marble pound cake when my boyfriend excitedly purchased two slices of Stabucks marble pound cake confessing that he loves the stuff. I wanted to up one ol Starbucks so I went from one corporate swine to the next using Bisquick in my machismo quest. It's no joke, this Bisquick pound cake is stellar -with a nice twang of tartness, moist and fairly dense. My boyfriend said it needed more sugar but I don't like things super sweet and to me this cake tasted like a traditional Greek cake (keik) that all Greek ladies over 68 yo are famous for baking. I used 70% Belgium chocolate for the chocolate swirl which really made a difference in the final product. 


Moral of the store: this is a good reason to either 
1) Use up deserted Bisquick mix 
2) Make a stellar pound cake super fast 
3) pretend you're in the 1940s
4) Protest pancakes

Cream Cheese Bisquick Pound Cake
Adapted from Betty Crocker


2 cups Original Bisquick® mix
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese
5 oz good dark chocolate, chopped

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a (9X5 inch, approx) loaf pan.
• Beat all ingredients except chocolate in a bowl for 30 seconds, scraping bowl frequently. Beat on medium speed for 4 minutes.
• Melt chocolate either by melting in microwave or heating on stove at low heat. Slowly incorporating half of the batter into the chocolate
• Pour remaining batter into loaf.
• Top with chocolate batter and swirl with butter knife.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until cake springs back. 
• Try to wait patiently for cake to cool before cutting a slice. 

Of course I am embarrassed to be using Bisquick aka pre-mixed baking product and blogging about it. No, they are not sponsoring this post nor are they sending samples of the powdered stuff to my door. I am blogging this because I am a resourceful person. However, my beloved roommate, Heather, is not.  likes to shop at Costco. We live in an old Portland Craftsman style house built in 1906 with small cupboards. I need room for my glorious bottles of extra virgin olive oil and bags of millet , dried rose petals, and Skor Bars. I needed to get rid of that ginormous box of Bisquick Heather will never use. 

I found a recipe for Bisquick pound cake receiving mad props on the inter webs so I had to try. On my first go round I made a boozy plum version which I brought to a bachelorette party. I got inspired to make the marble pound cake when my boyfriend excitedly purchased two slices of Stabucks marble pound cake confessing that he loves the stuff. I wanted to up one ol Starbucks so I went from one corporate swine to the next using Bisquick in my machismo quest. It's no joke, this Bisquick pound cake is stellar -with a nice twang of tartness, moist and fairly dense. My boyfriend said it needed more sugar but I don't like things super sweet and to me this cake tasted like a traditional Greek cake (keik) that all Greek ladies over 68 yo are famous for baking. I used 70% Belgium chocolate for the chocolate swirl which really made a difference in the final product. 


Moral of the store: this is a good reason to either 
1) Use up deserted Bisquick mix 
2) Make a stellar pound cake super fast 
3) pretend you're in the 1940s
4) Protest pancakes

Cream Cheese Bisquick Pound Cake
Adapted from Betty Crocker


2 cups Original Bisquick® mix
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese
5 oz good dark chocolate, chopped

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a (9X5 inch, approx) loaf pan.
• Beat all ingredients except chocolate in a bowl for 30 seconds, scraping bowl frequently. Beat on medium speed for 4 minutes.
• Melt chocolate either by melting in microwave or heating on stove at low heat. Slowly incorporating half of the batter into the chocolate
• Pour remaining batter into loaf.
• Top with chocolate batter and swirl with butter knife.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until cake springs back. 
• Try to wait patiently for cake to cool before cutting a slice.