The Perfect Marble Cake

In the bowl of a stand mixer with whisk attachment.

The perfect marble cake.

Begin by making the vanilla cake batter. It is great with a cup of coffee or tea and i enjoy it whenever i need a quick sweet bite. Preheat oven to 350 f. It is a rich moist and buttery cake with chocolate swirls.

Butter and flour or generously spray with a. 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. In a liquid measuring cup or a small bowl whisk together. How to make marble cake step 1.

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 was the only design that seemed to fit a marble cake in my mind. Heat oven to 350 f. This is definitely a buttercream intensive design but it is so fun to make.

In a separate bowl whisk the flour baking powder baking. Line four 6 inch round cake pans or three 7 inch cake layers with parchment rounds and grease. Mix the wet ingredients. Make the chocolate batter.

Mix chunks of room temperature butter. In a medium bowl whisk together the flour cornstarch baking powder baking soda and salt. Marble cake is a wonderful old fashioned baked good as pretty as it is delicious. Marble cake is one of my favorite cakes.

Mix the dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients. Instructions adjust the oven rack to middle position and preheat the oven to 350f 180c. It s crucial in order for the. Sift together cake flour baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.

Prepare two 8 inch round cake pans by buttering or spraying and then adding a piece of parchment to the bottom of the pan. Make sure to start with room temperature ingredients. I used three different types of buttercream to create a fun squiggly pattern.