Marble Cake With Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour.

Marble cake with chocolate buttercream frosting.

Cover in about 1 2 cup can use more if desired of chocolate buttercream and smooth out with an offset spatula. There is something about using real chocolate in frosting that just takes it to the next level flavour wise. Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans. Gently set other marble cake layer on top and make sure it is centered.

This marble cake recipe is honestly so delicious it almost doesn t need frosting. I m a big fan of using sour cream in baking recipes as you might already know from my sour cream banana bread sour cream coffee cake with cinnamon ripple and rhubarb sour cream coffee cake these are some of my favorite recipes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.

In this video we decorated a four layer 6 inch double barrel cake with a cake cardboard halfway up resting on four bubble tea straw supports. While i am guilty of eating cake tops plain while i level my cakes this cake is taken to the next level with my fudgy chocolate buttercream recipe. The tier is on a cake cardboard as well. 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.

But not just any chocolate frosting. Frosting buttercream that contains butter so that it becomes firm when chilled strips of acetate i had to tape two together to get the height that i needed. Important ingredients for chocolate and vanilla bean marble cake with buttercream frosting. Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c.

Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. My chocolate buttercream recipe uses both cocoa and melted dark chocolate and boy is it tasty. Remove from pans and cool completely on racks. Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans set aside.

Marble cake promises a lovely swirl of vanilla and chocolate. Spoon chocolate batter here and there over orange batter and cut through with spatula or knife to make a marbled effect. The secret to this recipe is using best quality chocolate in the batter and buttercream frosting. The final touch to this chocolate vanilla cake is lashings of chocolate frosting.

Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes. In a medium sized bowl mix together the cake flour baking powder and salt. This here is my favourite frosting made with both cocoa powder and melted chocolate.