Marble Cake With Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Marble cake promises a lovely swirl of vanilla and chocolate.

Marble cake with chocolate buttercream frosting.

This marble cake recipe is honestly so delicious it almost doesn t need frosting. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. I m a big fan of using sour cream in baking recipes as you might already know from my sour cream banana bread sour cream coffee cake with cinnamon ripple and rhubarb sour cream coffee cake these are some of my favorite recipes. This marble cake bakes up very moist partly due to the incorporation of sour 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. In this video we decorated a four layer 6 inch double barrel cake with a cake cardboard halfway up resting on four bubble tea straw supports. I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour. My chocolate buttercream recipe uses both cocoa and melted dark chocolate and boy is it tasty.

Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. Important ingredients for chocolate and vanilla bean marble cake with buttercream frosting. Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. 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. Remove from pans and cool completely on racks. Gently set other marble cake layer on top and make sure it is centered.

But not just any chocolate frosting. The final touch to this chocolate vanilla cake is lashings of chocolate frosting. Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans. This here is my favourite frosting made with both cocoa powder and melted chocolate.

Starting with about 1 cup of chocolate buttercream scooped on top of the cake start to smooth the frosting out and over the sides of the cake. Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans set aside. Frosting buttercream that contains butter so that it becomes firm when chilled strips of acetate i had to tape two together to get the height that i needed. Cover in about 1 2 cup can use more if desired of chocolate buttercream and smooth out with an offset spatula.

While i am guilty of eating cake tops plain while i level my cakes this cake is taken to the next level with my fudgy chocolate buttercream recipe. The secret to this recipe is using best quality chocolate in the batter and buttercream frosting. In a medium sized bowl mix together the cake flour baking powder and salt.