The Perfect Marble Cake

Sift together cake flour baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.

The perfect marble cake.

Preheat oven to 350 f. How to make marble cake step 1. Butter and flour or generously spray with a. In a liquid measuring cup or a small bowl whisk together.

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. It was the only design that seemed to fit a marble cake in my mind. While i chose to chocolate buttercream with my marble cake this time i think cream cheese frosting would also taste great. Every bite is chocolatey sweet and decadent.

It is a rich moist and buttery cake with chocolate swirls. In the bowl of a stand mixer with whisk attachment. Mix together all dry ingredients flour baking powder sugar and salt in a. Marble cake is a wonderful old fashioned baked good as pretty as it is delicious.

In a medium bowl whisk together the flour cornstarch baking powder baking soda and salt. Make the chocolate batter. It s crucial in order for the. This is definitely a buttercream intensive design but it is so fun to make.

I used three different types of buttercream to create a fun squiggly pattern. Make sure to start with room temperature ingredients. Mix the wet ingredients. Prepare two 8 inch round cake pans by buttering or spraying and then adding a piece of parchment to the bottom of the pan.

Begin by making the vanilla cake batter. Heat oven to 350 f. Line four 6 inch round cake pans or three 7 inch cake layers with parchment rounds and grease. Mix chunks of room temperature butter.

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. Instructions adjust the oven rack to middle position and preheat the oven to 350f 180c. Mix the dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients.