Marble Cake With Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

This here is my favourite frosting made with both cocoa powder and melted chocolate.

Marble cake with chocolate buttercream frosting.

Cover in about 1 2 cup can use more if desired of chocolate buttercream and smooth out with an offset spatula. I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour. Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Gently set other marble cake layer on top and make sure it is centered.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. This marble cake bakes up very moist partly due to the incorporation of sour cream. My chocolate buttercream recipe uses both cocoa and melted dark chocolate and boy is it tasty.

The tier is on a cake cardboard as well. Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans set aside. But not just any chocolate frosting. While i am guilty of eating cake tops plain while i level my cakes this cake is taken to the next level with my fudgy chocolate buttercream recipe.

Remove from pans and cool completely on racks. Marble cake promises a lovely swirl of vanilla and chocolate. 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. The secret to this recipe is using best quality chocolate in the batter and buttercream frosting.

Frosting buttercream that contains butter so that it becomes firm when chilled strips of acetate i had to tape two together to get the height that i needed. This marble cake recipe is honestly so delicious it almost doesn t need frosting. In this video we decorated a four layer 6 inch double barrel cake with a cake cardboard halfway up resting on four bubble tea straw supports. 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.

Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans. There is something about using real chocolate in frosting that just takes it to the next level flavour wise. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium sized bowl mix together the cake flour baking powder and salt.

Important ingredients for chocolate and vanilla bean marble cake with buttercream frosting. Spoon chocolate batter here and there over orange batter and cut through with spatula or knife to make a marbled effect. The final touch to this chocolate vanilla cake is lashings of chocolate frosting.