Marble Cake With Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Marble cake promises a lovely swirl of vanilla and chocolate.

Marble cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.

It finished it off perfectly. 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. However you could totally use a vanilla frosting as well. This marble cake recipe is easy to make and quick to disappear.

The great thing about marble cake is that there are many ways to go about it and this recipe is pretty flexible. Important ingredients for chocolate and vanilla bean marble cake with buttercream frosting. The final step is covering your marble cake in homemade chocolate buttercream frosting. Beat the butter on a medium speed for 30 seconds with a paddle attachment until smooth.

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. It was the only design that seemed to fit a marble cake in my mind. I used three different types of buttercream to create a fun squiggly pattern. 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.

With separate light and dark batters very subtly blended in the same cake pan. The chocolate flavor comes from real chocolates or 60 to 80 cocoa based chocolate chips and no cocoa powder used. Slowly add in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. The secret to this recipe is using best quality chocolate in the batter and buttercream frosting.

I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour. Those are mini marble cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. The idea of marbling two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century germany. While i chose to chocolate buttercream with my marble cake this time i think cream cheese frosting would also taste great.

The cake is mainly vanilla with streaks of chocolate. Alternate with small splashes of cream. This is definitely a buttercream intensive design but it is so fun to make. In a medium sized bowl mix together the cake flour baking powder and salt.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. This marble cake recipe is from sally s was quite addicted and adapted it. Marble cake a moist marble sheet cake slathered with a rich and creamy double chocolate buttercream frosting. Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans set aside.