The Perfect Marble Cake

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The perfect marble cake. Preheat oven to 350 f. Make the chocolate batter. Prepare two 8 inch round cake pans by buttering or spraying and then adding a piece of parchment to the bottom of the pan. Mix chunks of room temperature butter.

Butter and flour or generously spray with a. Heat oven to 350 f. Marble cake is a wonderful old fashioned baked good as pretty as it is delicious. While i chose to chocolate buttercream with my marble cake this time i think cream cheese frosting would also taste great.

It s crucial in order for the. In the bowl of a stand mixer with whisk attachment. In a liquid measuring cup or a small bowl whisk together. Begin by making the vanilla cake batter.

Marble cake is one of my favorite cakes. Mix the wet ingredients. Every bite is chocolatey sweet and decadent. I used three different types of buttercream to create a fun squiggly pattern.

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. It is a rich moist and buttery cake with chocolate swirls. Sift together cake flour baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. In a medium bowl whisk together the flour cornstarch baking powder baking soda and salt.

Mix the dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients. 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. This is definitely a buttercream intensive design but it is so fun to make. Line four 6 inch round cake pans or three 7 inch cake layers with parchment rounds and grease.

Instructions adjust the oven rack to middle position and preheat the oven to 350f 180c. Mix together all dry ingredients flour baking powder sugar and salt in a. Make sure to start with room temperature ingredients.