Marble Cake With Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

I used three different types of buttercream to create a fun squiggly pattern.

Marble cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.

Those are mini marble cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. It finished it off perfectly. While the cake layers bake and cool make the vanilla buttercream frosting. The final step is covering your marble cake in homemade chocolate buttercream frosting.

Marble cake promises a lovely swirl of vanilla and chocolate. The great thing about marble cake is that there are many ways to go about it and this recipe is pretty flexible. This is definitely a buttercream intensive design but it is so fun to make. However you could totally use a vanilla frosting as well.

I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour. Beat the butter on a medium speed for 30 seconds with a paddle attachment until smooth. 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. Slowly add in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time.

The cake is mainly vanilla with streaks of chocolate. The secret to this recipe is using best quality chocolate in the batter and buttercream frosting. It was the only design that seemed to fit a marble cake in my mind. Apply a crumb coat of frosting to your cake.

For best results use a buttercream that contains butter rather than all shortening as butter based frostings will become firm much more quickly when chilled. Marble cake a moist marble sheet cake slathered with a rich and creamy double chocolate buttercream frosting. Our classic vanilla buttercream all butter or our fluffy vanilla buttercream part shortening part butter are good examples. Important ingredients for chocolate and vanilla bean marble cake with buttercream frosting.

Marble cake is made when you add a small amount of dark colored batter to light colored batter and lightly mix it to give the cake a marbled appearance. This marble cake recipe is from sally s was quite addicted and adapted it. The idea of marbling two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century germany. The chocolate flavor comes from real chocolates or 60 to 80 cocoa based chocolate chips and no cocoa powder used.

Alternate with small splashes of cream. This marble cake recipe is easy to make and quick to disappear. Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans set aside. In a medium sized bowl mix together the cake flour baking powder and salt.