Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans set aside.
Which is the best frosting to go with marble cake.
The idea of marbling two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century germany.
Make sure your cake has been correctly crumb coated and chilled.
The cake is covered in a silky smooth whipped chocolate frosting.
This marble cake recipe features vanilla cake swirled with chocolate for a gorgeous marble effect.
I chose to bake this recipe up in 3 6 inch diameter round pans but it can also be made in 2 8 inch pans or 9 inch pans or you could make it in a 9 13 inch pan just be sure to adjust the bake times as needed if you re making it differently than what you see here.
Vanilla frosting is also a great choice.
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.
In a medium sized bowl mix together the cake flour baking powder and salt.
But if you really want to go with that chocolate and vanilla combo go crazy by filling the cake with vanilla buttercream and frosting the outside with chocolate.
Classic marble cake is a mixture of vanilla and chocolate cake that is swirled together creating a marbling effect.
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.
Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Marble cake with swiss meringue buttercream icing feed your temptations large eggs bamboo salt butter oil cream of tartar whole milk and 13 more chocolate and vanilla marble cake with chocolate icing spaulyseasonalservings.
Measure the cake and make sure the acetate sheet you have is big enough.
How to create marble cake icing using buttercream frosting.
Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
However go with what you love.
In my opinion a classic chocolate frosting is the best frosting choice for marble cake.