Marble Cake With Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

However you could totally use a vanilla frosting as well.

Marble cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.

Marble cake promises a lovely swirl of vanilla and chocolate. I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. While the cake layers bake and cool make the vanilla buttercream frosting.

It was the only design that seemed to fit a marble cake in my mind. The great thing about marble cake is that there are many ways to go about it and this recipe is pretty flexible. While i chose to chocolate buttercream with my marble cake this time i think cream cheese frosting would also taste great. The idea of marbling two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century germany.

I used three different types of buttercream to create a fun squiggly pattern. Apply a crumb coat of frosting to your cake. Our classic vanilla buttercream all butter or our fluffy vanilla buttercream part shortening part butter are good examples. 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.

The final step is covering your marble cake in homemade chocolate buttercream frosting. It finished it off perfectly. Beat the butter on a medium speed for 30 seconds with a paddle attachment until smooth. Alternate with small splashes of cream.

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 chocolate flavor comes from real chocolates or 60 to 80 cocoa based chocolate chips and no cocoa powder used. Those are mini marble cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. This marble cake recipe is easy to make and quick to disappear.

Important ingredients for chocolate and vanilla bean marble cake with buttercream frosting. With separate light and dark batters very subtly blended in the same cake pan. Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans set aside. 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.

In a medium sized bowl mix together the cake flour baking powder and salt. Slowly add in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. Marble cake a moist marble sheet cake slathered with a rich and creamy double chocolate buttercream frosting. This is definitely a buttercream intensive design but it is so fun to make.