Good Friday morning to you all! I swear Friday’s and Saturdays are the best mornings to have. And what better way is there than to greet you with a jumbo zebra bundt cake that’s loaded with layers of vanilla and chocolate cake? I adapted this cake recipe from Naomi of Bakers Royale. Doesn’t she always have the most beautiful desserts? I think I could single handedly eat her entire website. She used an ice cream scoop to make her layers for this bundt cake. I used 2 – 1/4 measuring cups. Because ahem some of us don’t have enough patience for that because let’s face it.. CAKE. The longer I take to get it in the oven, the longer i’ll have to wait to fill my belly. She gets amazingly beautiful lines from swirls of chocolate and vanilla. and I get some lines and a big lump of chocolate and the bottom of one end (which just happens to be the piece that I slice into first 😉 ) It all happens because I refuse to let the extra chocolate bit that I had go to waste. We have rules in this house, you know? And wasting chocolate would be breaking the #1 rule. And you know what, it’s worth compromising the zebra bundt cake for an extra bit of chocolate at the bottom. Agreed? Okay. It totally makes sense in the chocolatey world that my husband and I live in. This bundt cake! I’m in Dallas this week visiting family thats in from out of town. And I just happen to bring this little number along with me, and guess what? It’s been a BIG hit! Everyone that’s tasted this cake so far has given it 2 thumbs way up! For more precision with the zebra strips, it’s probably best to use and ice cream scoop. Also, it helps if you stick to the guidelines she gives you of adding only 2 cups of batter to the chocolate mixture. Somehow my crazy self ended up with more chocolate batter than the vanilla? That’s so NOT a bad thing in this house. The only changes that I’ve made to her recipe are: So how are you spending this weekend? Please tell me it’s with a big ol’ slice of zebra bundt cake.

The bundt pan i’ve used can be found here.

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The original recipe calls for a total of 2 1/2 cups of sugar, i’ve reduced it and find it to be perfect with 2 ¼ cups. If you prefer cakes on the sweeter side, feel free to up the quantity.Coffee granules are optional but adding 1 teaspoon really helps intensify the chocolate flavor. Feel free to leave it out. Also, you can add up to 1 tablespoon for a more mocha flavored layer for the bundt cake.The bundt pan I used for this recipe can be found here.Recipe was slightly adapted from Bakers Royale who adapted it from the pound cake recipe by Tish Boyle’s The Cake Book Zebra Bundt Cake Recipe   Little Spice Jar - 66Zebra Bundt Cake Recipe   Little Spice Jar - 87Zebra Bundt Cake Recipe   Little Spice Jar - 62Zebra Bundt Cake Recipe   Little Spice Jar - 89Zebra Bundt Cake Recipe   Little Spice Jar - 44Zebra Bundt Cake Recipe   Little Spice Jar - 58Zebra Bundt Cake Recipe   Little Spice Jar - 67