The idea of marbling two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century germany then made its way to america with german immigrants before the civil war.
The perfect marble cake.
Begin by making the vanilla cake batter.
Marble cake is one of my favorite cakes.
It was the only design that seemed to fit a marble cake in my mind.
It is a rich moist and buttery cake with chocolate swirls.
Ingredients 3 cups 342g cake flour 2 cups 400g sugar 2 teaspoons 8g baking powder 1 2 teaspoon 3g baking soda 1 2 teaspoon 3g salt 2 sticks 226g unsalted butter softened 4 large eggs 1 cup 239g buttermilk if you do not have buttermilk see note below 1 tablespoon 12g vanilla.
Mix the wet ingredients.
Preheat oven to 350 f.
Mix chunks of room temperature butter.
Make the chocolate batter.
While i chose to chocolate buttercream with my marble cake this time i think cream cheese frosting would also taste great.
Marble cake is a wonderful old fashioned baked good as pretty as it is delicious.
Prepare two 8 inch round cake pans by buttering or spraying and then adding a piece of parchment to the bottom of the pan.
This is definitely a buttercream intensive design but it is so fun to make.
In the bowl of a stand mixer with whisk attachment.
Instructions adjust the oven rack to middle position and preheat the oven to 350f 180c.
It is great with a cup of coffee or tea and i enjoy it whenever i need a quick sweet bite.
Sift together cake flour baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
Mix the dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients.
Butter and flour or generously spray with a.
In a medium bowl whisk together the flour cornstarch baking powder baking soda and salt.
Heat oven to 350 f.
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Mix together all dry ingredients flour baking powder sugar and salt in a.
In a liquid measuring cup or a small bowl whisk together.
Make sure to start with room temperature ingredients.
Line four 6 inch round cake pans or three 7 inch cake layers with parchment rounds and grease.
How to make marble cake step 1.