Marble Layer Cake

How to make marble cake layers once both cake batters and the optional chocolate fudge ripple are made the real fun starts.

Marble layer cake.

Reserve 3 4 cup batter. Cool in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes then invert on rack peel off waxed paper and cool completely. Evenly spread about 3 4 cup frosting on top. Place flour baking powder salt sugar butter or margarine eggs vanilla and milk into mixing bowl.

Pour the remainder into pan. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. What is marble cake. This is the dessert you go when you re craving both chocolate and vanilla and because it s a slightly smaller batch recipe than i normally share here you can feel okay about making it during these more isolated times.

Spread with 1 2 cup frosting. Place 1 cake layer on a cake stand or large serving plate. Beat slowly to moisten then beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for about 2 minutes until smooth. To assemble cake place one layer of cooled marble layer on cake stand.

Spread a nice layer of buttercream on top of the first layer and pipe a border around the outside to hold the ganache in. Alternate spoonfuls of vanilla and chocolate cake batter into your pans. Decorate with sprinkles if desired. Continue until you ve evenly distributed the batter between the pans.

The contrasting swirls may be from a different flavor of batter or simply batter that has been tinted. Top with 2nd cake and spread the remaining frosting all over the sides and top. Chill for 20 30 minutes in the fridge before final decorating. In a microwave melt chocolate chips.

Marble cake is a type of cake that has contrasting swirls of batter giving a fun marbled or swirled pattern to your slices. Bake 30 to 35 minutes until a wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean. Up to 8 hours. If cake layers have rounded tops trim with a serrated knife to make level.

Place final layer on top upside down and do a thin crumb coat on the cake. Repeat with the next layer.