Marble Cake With Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

However you could totally use a vanilla frosting as well.

Marble cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.

The chocolate flavor comes from real chocolates or 60 to 80 cocoa based chocolate chips and no cocoa powder used. The cake is mainly vanilla with streaks of chocolate. Alternate with small splashes of cream. Marble cake promises a lovely swirl of vanilla and chocolate.

The secret to this recipe is using best quality chocolate in the batter and buttercream frosting. While i chose to chocolate buttercream with my marble cake this time i think cream cheese frosting would also taste great. This marble cake recipe is easy to make and quick to disappear. Slowly add in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. The idea of marbling two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century germany. While the cake layers bake and cool make the vanilla buttercream frosting. With separate light and dark batters very subtly blended in the same cake pan.

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. I used three different types of buttercream to create a fun squiggly pattern. It finished it off perfectly.

Important ingredients for chocolate and vanilla bean marble cake with buttercream frosting. Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans set aside. 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. In a medium sized bowl mix together the cake flour baking powder and salt.

It was the only design that seemed to fit a marble cake in my mind. 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. Apply a crumb coat of frosting to your cake.

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. Those are mini marble cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour. This is definitely a buttercream intensive design but it is so fun to make.