Marble Birthday Cake Recipe From Scratch

Before pouring the batter though the pans need to be prepped with a light dusting of flour and then the boys place parchment paper in the bottom of each pan to help prevent the cake from sticking.

Marble birthday cake recipe from scratch.

Scoop some of your cake batter into a small bowl see recipe for details and combine with the chocolate mixture to create chocolate batter. Grease and flour a 9 inch round pan. Heat oven to 350 f. Drop cooled chocolate by 1 2 teaspoonfuls over frosting.

I suggest starting with 8 ounces of vanilla cake batter in each pan followed by 8 ounces of chocolate cake batter in each pan for a total of about 16 ounces of batter in each pan. Next dissolve cocoa powder into hot water. Mix flour baking soda and salt. Using a large offset spatula smear chocolate to create a marble design in frosting.

It s a fine plain cake that gets better when you use it as the base for a two tone two flavor marble cake. Step 2 place flour baking powder salt sugar butter or margarine eggs vanilla and milk into mixing bowl. To assemble cake place one layer of cooled marble layer on cake stand. You should not have needed to level these cakes but in the small change that you did now would be the time to do so cover in about 1 2 cup can use more if desired of chocolate buttercream and smooth out with an offset spatula.

Then pop the layers into the preheated oven for 34 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Line bottom of two 9 inch round cake pans with waxed paper. Repeat with remaining cake layers. Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans.

Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. How to make a marble cake to create a marbled effect with your cake batter you first need to make your white or yellow cake batter. Frost top and sides of cake. Try to create the lines using one continuous motion going up and down and then side to side.

Spread with 1 2 cup frosting. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f 175 degrees c. 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. 2 cups 2 tbs flour 1 1 4 tsp baking powder 1 2 tsp salt 1 1 2 sticks 12 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature 1 cup white sugar 4 large eggs 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 2 cup whole milk choice of flavorings see below preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Top with remaining cake layer. Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.