Making A Marble Cake From Scratch

Place flour baking powder salt sugar butter or margarine eggs vanilla and milk into mixing bowl.

Making a marble cake from scratch.

Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. Betty follas morgan hill california. It appeared on a can of hershey s cocoa way back in 1943. How to make marble cake step by step start by combining the dry ingredients in a big mixing bowl.

Begin by making the vanilla cake batter. I started to take up baking about ten years ago and particularly like the rich flavor and tender texture of butter. Some important considerations for the baking process. 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.

I tried it my boys liked it and i ve been making it ever since. It s a fine plain cake that gets better when you use it as the base for a two tone two flavor marble cake. Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans. You can bake a round layered cake or a large single layered cake.

This marble cake recipe is adapted from my butter cake recipe which is the top selling cake in my cafe. This article is about how to make a perfect marble cake. Then frost the moist marble cake with your favorite frosting or ganache. Cake flour all purpose flour sugar baking powder baking soda and salt all get stirred together until combined.

Use a toothpick to gently marble the two batters. When learning how to make a cake from scratch it s important that you allow it to bake properly. 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. Classic chocolate cake if you need to learn how to make chocolate cake from scratch this easy homemade chocolate cake recipe is a perfect place to start.

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. If you are unfamiliar with cake flour you can learn more about it by clicking here. Reserve 3 4 cup batter. Line four 8 inch round cake pans with parchment rounds and grease with non stick baking spray.

Mix together all dry ingredients flour baking powder sugar and salt in a stand mixer with a paddle until fully combined. Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Beat slowly to moisten then beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for about 2 minutes until smooth. Make your marble cake using a purchased cake mix or mix the batters from scratch.

Why use cake flour. Next dissolve cocoa powder into hot water. Scoop some of your cake batter into a small bowl see recipe for details and combine with the chocolate mixture to create chocolate batter.