Marble Cake With Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

But not just any chocolate frosting.

Marble cake with chocolate buttercream frosting.

Remove from pans and cool completely on racks. Gently set other marble cake layer on top and make sure it is centered. I use all purpose flour for this recipe i wouldn t swap it for cake flour. The tier is on a cake cardboard as well.

The secret to this recipe is using best quality chocolate in the batter and buttercream frosting. My chocolate buttercream recipe uses both cocoa and melted dark chocolate and boy is it tasty. The final touch to this chocolate vanilla cake is lashings of chocolate frosting. This marble cake recipe is honestly so delicious it almost doesn t need frosting.

Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. Spoon chocolate batter here and there over orange batter and cut through with spatula or knife to make a marbled effect. 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. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Marble cake promises a lovely swirl of vanilla and chocolate. 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. 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. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.

Cover in about 1 2 cup can use more if desired of chocolate buttercream and smooth out with an offset spatula. Starting with about 1 cup of chocolate buttercream scooped on top of the cake start to smooth the frosting out and over the sides of the cake. Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Important ingredients for chocolate and vanilla bean marble cake with buttercream frosting.

There is something about using real chocolate in frosting that just takes it to the next level flavour wise. In a medium sized bowl mix together the cake flour baking powder and salt. This marble cake bakes up very moist partly due to the incorporation of sour cream. Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans set aside.

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. 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. Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes.