Marble Cake With Vanilla Frosting

Line four 8 inch round cake pans with parchment rounds and grease with non stick baking spray.

Marble cake with vanilla frosting.

Cool to room temperature. Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans. This marble cake recipe features vanilla cake swirled with chocolate for a gorgeous marble effect. The idea of marbling two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century germany.

Cut your acetate to the appropriate length for wrapping around your cake plus a little extra. Important ingredients for chocolate and vanilla bean marble cake with buttercream frosting. Marble cake a moist marble sheet cake slathered with a rich and creamy double chocolate buttercream frosting. So to get started making this marble cake you ll make the vanilla cake batter.

Mix together all dry ingredients flour baking powder sugar and salt in a stand mixer with a paddle until fully combined. The cake is covered in a silky smooth whipped chocolate frosting. Our classic vanilla buttercream all butter or our fluffy vanilla buttercream part shortening part butter are good examples. Apply a crumb coat of frosting to your cake.

A combination of butter and vegetable oil are used to add both flavor and moisture to the cake. Make the vanilla cake batter. I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour. This marble cake recipe is easy to make and quick to disappear.

In top of a double boiler or a metal bowl over barely simmering water melt chocolate and 3 tablespoons butter. Marble cake is made when you add a small amount of dark colored batter to light colored batter and lightly mix it to give the cake a marbled appearance. Butter adds the flavor you really love in a vanilla cake while oil adds the ever important moisture. Preheat oven to 350 f.

Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. With separate light and dark batters very subtly blended in the same cake pan. Begin by making the vanilla cake batter. With a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the butter on high speed in a large bowl until smooth and creamy about 1 minute.

The cake is mainly vanilla with streaks of chocolate. Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. I use a high quality dutch process cocoa powder because the flavor is more intense and pleasant and it also doesn t change the acidity of the cake.