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Best Marble Cake (With Chocolate Swirl)
Best, classic, old fashioned, easy marble cake recipe, homemade with simple ingredients from scratch. This soft, moist, tender pound loaf has chocolate swirls and a beautiful design that you can see in each slice. It has a combination of vanilla and cocoa batter.
👥 9 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 50 min👤 Abeer Rizvi📖 cakewhiz
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- pan
- knife
- microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. This takes about ⏱️ 5 minutes.
2
Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix until smooth.
Eggs (Large, Room temperature)3Vanilla extract2 tsp
3
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
Baking powder1.5 tsp
4
Add the dry flour mixture into the wet mixture, alternating with buttermilk and mix until just combined.
5
Remove 1/3 of the batter into a separate bowl. Keep aside.
6
In another small bowl, add cocoa powder and water and mix until smooth.
Water (Hot)2 tbsp
7
Pour this chocolate mixture to the bowl of reserved batter and mix until smooth.
8
To assemble this cake, pour half the vanilla cake batter in a greased and floured loaf pan (Dimensions: 9x5).
9
Drop spoonfuls of the chocolate batter on top. Don't spread it.
10
Then, pour the remaining vanilla batter on top of the chocolate layer.
11
Drop spoonfuls of the remaining chocolate batter on top.
12
Use a skewer or knife to swirl the two batters together.
13
Bake at 350 degrees F for ⏱️ 45-50 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean. Rotate the pan halfway through for more even baking.
14
Allow the cake to cool for ⏱️ 10 minutes. Then, remove it from the pan and place it on a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
15
While the cake is cooling, prepare the ganache icing: Add chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in ⏱️ 20 second increments and mixing often until icing is silky smooth.
Chocolate chips (Semisweet)1 cup
16
Drizzle this on top of the cooled cake. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
calories
451 kcal
fat Content
22 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
35 g
sodium Content
150 mg
protein Content
7 g
cholesterol Content
104 mg
carbohydrate Content
56 g
saturated Fat Content
13 g
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