Marble Cake With Vanilla Frosting

How to make marble cake step 1.

Marble cake with vanilla frosting.

Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Line four 8 inch round cake pans with parchment rounds and grease with non stick baking spray. Butter adds the flavor you really love in a vanilla cake while oil adds the ever important moisture. Make the vanilla cake batter.

Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans. Begin by making the vanilla cake batter. So to get started making this marble cake you ll make the vanilla cake batter. Apply a crumb coat of frosting to your cake.

Marble cake a moist marble sheet cake slathered with a rich and creamy double chocolate buttercream frosting. I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour. The idea of marbling two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century germany. A combination of butter and vegetable oil are used to add both flavor and moisture to the cake.

This marble cake recipe is easy to make and quick to disappear. Our classic vanilla buttercream all butter or our fluffy vanilla buttercream part shortening part butter are good examples. 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. This marble cake recipe features vanilla cake swirled with chocolate for a gorgeous marble effect. 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.

Classic marble cake is a mixture of vanilla and chocolate cake that is swirled together creating a marbling effect. Preheat oven to 350 f. With separate light and dark batters very subtly blended in the same cake pan. Cut your acetate to the appropriate length for wrapping around your cake plus a little extra.

The cake is covered in a silky smooth whipped chocolate frosting. Mix together all dry ingredients flour baking powder sugar and salt in a stand mixer with a paddle until fully combined. Cool to room temperature.