Marble Cake With Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

The cake is mainly vanilla with streaks of chocolate.

Marble cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.

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. With separate light and dark batters very subtly blended in the same cake pan. However you could totally use a vanilla frosting as well. This marble cake recipe is from sally s was quite addicted and adapted it.

This is definitely a buttercream intensive design but it is so fun to make. Our classic vanilla buttercream all butter or our fluffy vanilla buttercream part shortening part butter are good examples. Marble cake a moist marble sheet cake slathered with a rich and creamy double chocolate buttercream frosting. In a medium sized bowl mix together the cake flour baking powder and salt.

Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans set aside. While the cake layers bake and cool make the vanilla buttercream frosting. Those are mini marble cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. The final step is covering your marble cake in homemade chocolate buttercream frosting.

It was the only design that seemed to fit a marble cake in my mind. Beat the butter on a medium speed for 30 seconds with a paddle attachment until smooth. The idea of marbling two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century germany. Alternate with small splashes of cream.

The great thing about marble cake is that there are many ways to go about it and this recipe is pretty flexible. Slowly add in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. Apply a crumb coat of frosting to your cake. I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour.

The secret to this recipe is using best quality chocolate in the batter and buttercream frosting. For best results use a buttercream that contains butter rather than all shortening as butter based frostings will become firm much more quickly when chilled. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. While i chose to chocolate buttercream with my marble cake this time i think cream cheese frosting would also taste great.

It finished it off perfectly. 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. Marble cake promises a lovely swirl of vanilla and chocolate. This marble cake recipe is easy to make and quick to disappear.