Marble Birthday Cake Recipe From Scratch

It s a fine plain cake that gets better when you use it as the base for a two tone two flavor marble cake.

Marble birthday cake recipe from scratch.

Drop cooled chocolate by 1 2 teaspoonfuls over frosting. Mix flour baking soda and salt. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread with 1 2 cup frosting.

To assemble cake place one layer of cooled marble layer on cake stand. Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Scoop some of your cake batter into a small bowl see recipe for details and combine with the chocolate mixture to create chocolate batter. Using a large offset spatula smear chocolate to create a marble design in frosting.

Repeat with remaining cake layers. If you re using 6 inch pans use 6 ounces of vanilla followed by 6 ounces of chocolate. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f 175 degrees c. 2 cups 2 tbs flour 1 1 4 tsp baking powder 1 2 tsp salt 1 1 2 sticks 12 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature 1 cup white sugar 4 large eggs 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 2 cup whole milk choice of flavorings see below preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Heat oven to 350 f. I suggest starting with 8 ounces of vanilla cake batter in each pan followed by 8 ounces of chocolate cake batter in each pan for a total of about 16 ounces of batter in each pan. Before pouring the batter though the pans need to be prepped with a light dusting of flour and then the boys place parchment paper in the bottom of each pan to help prevent the cake from sticking.

The boys made this marble cake recipe into a layer cake by placing the batter in two separate round cake pans prior to baking. Frost top and sides of cake. Grease and flour a 9 inch round pan. You should not have needed to level these cakes but in the small change that you did now would be the time to do so cover in about 1 2 cup can use more if desired of chocolate buttercream and smooth out with an offset spatula.

Try to create the lines using one continuous motion going up and down and then side to side. Then pop the layers into the preheated oven for 34 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Line bottom of two 9 inch round cake pans with waxed paper. Next dissolve cocoa powder into hot water.

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. How to make a marble cake to create a marbled effect with your cake batter you first need to make your white or yellow cake batter.