Best Marble Layer Cake Recipe

If cake layers have rounded tops trim with a serrated knife to make level.

Best marble layer cake recipe.

Spread with 1 2 cup frosting. Mix flour baking soda and salt. It is great with a cup of coffee or tea and i enjoy it whenever i need a quick sweet bite. That is a single layer.

Repeat with remaining cake layers. The chocolate buttercream is definitely a nominee for best supporting role. Every bite is chocolatey sweet and decadent. It s a fine plain cake that gets better when you use it as the base for a two tone two flavor marble cake.

It took about 60 tries and many months to get the recipe just right but hundreds of five star reviews later i d have to say all the testing paid off. When we adjusted our yellow cake recipe we updated this marble cake as well since it was based on our yellow cake. We think that you will love the new recipe. Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans.

Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Then pop the layers into the preheated oven for 34 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. My best yellow cake recipe calls for lots of eggs and butter as well but about double the. This is the easiest and the best marble cake recipe step by step adapted.

Frost top and sides of cake. Gently set other marble cake layer on top and make sure it is centered. Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. In fact that recipe was only developed because i needed a solid and reliable base for both this marble cake recipe and my pineapple upside down cake.

Made this for a co worker s baby shower cake and brought sample cake made from this recipe and from a very traditional marble cake recipe to the office for them to pick their favorite. Drop cooled chocolate by 1 2 teaspoonfuls over frosting. 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. It makes more batter has contains more butter and uses buttermilk for a softer crumb.

5 10 19 we have updated this marble cake recipe. Heat oven to 350 f. It is a rich moist and buttery cake with chocolate swirls. In a microwave melt chocolate chips.

Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. 2 cups 2 tbs flour 1 1 4 tsp baking powder 1 2 tsp salt 1 1 2 sticks 12 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature 1 cup white sugar 4 large eggs 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 2 cup whole milk choice of flavorings see below preheat oven to 325 degrees. The recipe states 1 8 inch layer cake. Top with remaining cake layer.

Marble cake recipe from scratch. Starting with about 1 cup of chocolate buttercream scooped on top of the cake start to smooth the frosting out and over the sides of the cake. Beat butter and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer on. Line bottom of two 9 inch round cake pans with waxed paper.