Moist and fluffy, this Marble Cake is so easy to make! A simple butter cake with chocolate swirls. Make this from scratch with only a few simple ingredients. The base of the batter is the same so there is no need for two separate batters.
What is a Marble Cake?
Marble Cake is a pound cake, with a dense, tight crumb. It’s wonderfully moist and buttery. Its mainly vanilla flavour with a hint of chocolate. Usually baked in a loaf pan and cut into thick slices. It is typically without any frosting but you can add some depending on your preference.
HOW TO MAKE MARBLE CAKE
This butter cake requires basic pantry ingridients:
Butter — use unsalted butter, softened at room temperature. Leave the butter out to softened at room temperature few hours before hand.
Flour – Plain flour also known as all purpose flour.
Cocoa Powder – Use good quality Dutch-processed cocoa powder for this marble cake.
Milk – Use full cream milk. You can also use butter milk as an alternate.
Eggs – Leave the eggs out to ensure they are at the room temperature.
Begin with combining flour and baking powder in a bowl and set aside. In Another bowl mix milk and eggs. Add butter in the flour along with sugar and quarter of the milk mixture, mix until crumb like texture is formed. Add the remaining milk mixture and mix until well combined. Take out a quarter of the mixture in the bowl and add cocoa powder, mix it using a spoon or whisk. In a lined tin pour a little bit vanilla mixture and then spoon the chocolate mixture in the middle. Repeat this making 3-4 layers. Using a knife or skewer swirl the mixture 3 times, make sure not to over mix otherwise you wont get the marble effect.
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TIPS FOR A PERFECT MARBLE CAKE
- Use good quality Dutch-processed cocoa powder for this marble cake. Dutch-processed cocoa powder is darker and will give rich darker hue to the cake.
- Measure the flour carefully. Its very easy to overpack the measuring cup. Ideally use a scale to measure the exact quantity. However, if you don’t have one, make sure to spoon it into your measuring cup. Level off the cup with the back of a knife.
- The eggs should be at room temperature to ensure they mix better in the batter and the cake rises well. . If you forgot to take out your eggs, you can quickly bring them to room temperature by placing the eggs in a large bowl and covering them with warm tap water for 5 minutes.
- Avoid over-swirling the cake batter as this will make you lose the marble effect as the chocolate and vanilla batter will start combining.
STORING AND FREEZING THE CAKE
Marble cake can be made ahead of time. It can be covered and stored for up to two days at room temperature. You can freeze the marble cake for up to 2 months. Thaw it overnight in the refrigerator and then bring to room temperature before serving. I recommend wrapping it in a foil or cling wrap before freezing.
OTHER CAKES TO TRY
Chocolate Mud Cake
Strawberry Cake
French Orange Yoghurt Cake
Marble Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups Plain Flour
- 1 cup Caster Sugar
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 2 Large Eggs
- ½ cup Softened Butter
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C / 350 ° F or 160°C and grease a 8 inch pan.
- Put flour and baking powder in a bowl and mix together.
- In a separate bowl add milk, eggs and vanilla essence, whisk until combined well.
- Add butter and sugar to the flour and pour little bit of milk mixture. Using a electric beater mix until it becomes crumb like texture.
- Pour the remaining milk mixture and mix untill the batter is smooth.
- In a small bowl separate 1/4 of the mixture and stir in cocoa powder.
- In the prepared tin pour a layer of vanilla batter and drop spoonsful of cocoa mixture in the middle. Continue to layer up and last layer would be vanilla mixture.
- Using a knife or skewer swirl the mixture in a zig zag motion. Bake it for 35 mins until the skewer comes out clean.
