Marble Swirl Cake Recipe

Step 4 bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean.

Marble swirl cake recipe.

I cut the recipe in half and baked it in a 9x5 inch glass baking dish. One of the fun parts of making a marble cake is the anticipation before cutting your first slice. The steps to making this marble swirl cake are easy to follow. I like to add real chocolate as well for a more intense fudgy flavor.

Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. 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. You can use a hand mixer or a stand mixer to speed up the process of making the cake a whisk will work too but you will take longer time in mixing the batter. Most recipes for marble cake call solely for cocoa powder for the chocolate portion of the cake.

An easy marble cake recipe. This makes the chocolate swirl portion of the cake taste almost like a brownie. Repeat with remaining cake layers. I creamed the butter and sugar together then added the eggs and vanilla 2 tsp.

Then pop the layers into the preheated oven for 34 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Then run a spatula or knife around the pan to loosen the cake. Using a knife swirl the cocoa batter into the white batter to incorporate it in a marble effect. Remove cake and cook on a wire rack.

Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. The swirl process is where many people fail with a marble cake either under swirling it so it looks more well bovine than marbled or over swirling it so that it just looks muddy. Try to create the lines using one continuous motion going up and down and then side to side.

I ve gotten lots of requests for a marble cake lately so i knew i needed to share this recipe as soon as i had it right. Bake 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. After many many versions of this marble cake i m so excited to share the final one with you. Very nice pound cake with just the right amount of sweetness.

Alternately spoon vanilla and chocolate batters into prepared tube pan. Use high quality butter and chocolate for this pound cake recipe the flavor of these two ingredients are dominant.