Old Marble Cake
Sprinkle the top of the cake heavily with coarse sparkling sugar if desired.
Old marble cake. Helpful 38 rana z rating. It s essentially a marbled version of this award winning kentucky butter cake. A marble cake is a cake with a streaked or mottled appearance like marble achieved by very lightly blending light and dark batter. 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.
Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. If it s not quite done give it another 5 minutes. This marble pound cake recipe is for a moist yet rich pound cake the chocolate part of it tastes almost like fudge so you have everything you love in one cake a moist rich texture wonderful flavor and it looks gorgeous. Marble cake recipe is an old fashioned cake recipe from scratch made moist and delicious with butter corn syrup and chocolate and topped with luscious creamy chocolate buttercream frosting.
Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans. With swirls of tender vanilla and fudgy chocolate cake this marble looks fancy but tastes like pure old fashioned goodness and it appeals to kids and grown ups alike. This marble cake recipe makes the perfect birthday cake for those who prefer a chocolate cake.
It was the only design that seemed to fit a marble cake in my mind. It s one of those desserts that is purely homemade comfort. The cake just doesn t taste like marble cake and it is pretty dry not moist at all and i even added some oil. Achieving the perfect marble cake recipe from scratch is worth every step in the process i promise.
Other possibilities are strawberry or other fruit flavors or particularly in marbled coffee cakes cinnamon or other spices. This is definitely a buttercream intensive design but it is so fun to make. The light batter is flavored with a hint of citrus while the dark chocolate swirl has a whisper of bourbon. This old fashioned marble pound cake recipe is rich and moist without being too sweet.
To bake the cake. I am very disappointed in this recipe i will not use it again and i will have to keep looking for a good marble cake. While i chose to chocolate buttercream with my marble cake this time i think cream cheese frosting would also taste great. I used three different types of buttercream to create a fun squiggly pattern.
Easy pound cake recipe. It can be a mixture of vanilla and chocolate cake in which case it is mainly vanilla with streaks of chocolate. Pin to make later. It s a great size for children s birthday parties.
I highly recommend following every step as written. The eggs and butter should be room temperature the butter and sugar need to be whisked for a certain period of time etc.