Marble Swirl Cake Recipe

Using a knife cut and twist through batter to create a marble effect.

Marble swirl cake recipe.

Most recipes for marble cake call solely for cocoa powder for the chocolate portion of the cake. 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. Repeat with remaining cake layers. Very nice pound cake with just the right amount of sweetness.

Try to create the lines using one continuous motion going up and down and then side to side. Alternately spoon vanilla and chocolate batters into prepared tube pan. Using a knife swirl the cocoa batter into the white batter to incorporate it in a marble effect. I cut the recipe in half and baked it in a 9x5 inch glass baking dish.

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. I like to add real chocolate as well for a more intense fudgy flavor. Remove cake and cook on a wire rack. The steps to making this marble swirl cake are easy to follow.

I creamed the butter and sugar together then added the eggs and vanilla 2 tsp. If you want to make life easy simply put 225g butter 225g caster sugar 4 eggs 225g self raising flour 3 tbsp milk and 1 tsp vanilla extract into a food processor and whizz for 1 2 mins until smooth. 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. Then pop the layers into the preheated oven for 34 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. After many many versions of this marble cake i m so excited to share the final one with you. Then run a spatula or knife around the pan to loosen the cake. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

This makes the chocolate swirl portion of the cake taste almost like a brownie. Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans. An easy marble cake recipe. 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. Use high quality butter and chocolate for this pound cake recipe the flavor of these two ingredients are dominant.