Chocolate and Vanilla Marble Cake
Do you like chocolate cake, or do you prefer vanilla? You don't have to choose anymore with this chocolate vanilla marble cake. It is a combination of both flavors that looks spectacular. Today, I will show you how to get those delicious vanilla and chocolate swirls. A perfect blend of flavors. Start baking this delightful cake today!
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter unsalted, roomtemperature
- 1¼ cups sugar
- 4 eggs size L
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 4 tablespoons Dutch unprocessed cocoa
- 4 tablespoons hot water
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to
350 °F or 
320 °F. - Brush the cake tin with butter. Sprinkle some flour in the container and tap so the flour will cover the baking form. Take the excess flour out of the tin.
- Mix the butter with the sugar on high speed for 3 minutes.2 sticks butter , 1¼ cups sugar
- Add the eggs one by one while mixing. Add the next egg when the former one is incorporated.4 eggs
- Mix in the vanilla extract and salt.1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ⅛ teaspoon salt
- Put the mixer on low speed and mix the self-raising flour through the batter. Stop mixing when the flour is incorporated.2 cups self-rising flour
- Divide the batter into two separate bowls.
- Mix the cocoa and hot water in a bowl until it becomes a paste.4 tablespoons Dutch unprocessed cocoa, 4 tablespoons hot water
- Mix the cocoa paste into the second bowl with batter with a spatula.
- Take the tin and add two tablespoons of cocoa batter on the bottom. Then add two tablespoons of vanilla batter and two tablespoons of cocoa batter. Continue until all the batter is done.
- Take a knife and swirl with the tip through the batter in the tin.
- Put the tin in the oven and bake for 60 minutes. Check if the cake is done by pricking a wooden skewer into the middle of the cake. When it comes out dry, the cake is done. If it is still moist, bake for another 5 minutes, check, and repeat until the cake is done.
- Take from the oven, let it slightly cool for about 5 minutes, and then loosen the cake from the tin on a wire rack. Let it cool down to room temperature.
NOTES
1. Vanilla extract: You can make it yourself with this vanilla extract recipe. If you don't have vanilla extract, replace it with two teaspoons of vanilla sugar.
2. Self-raising flour: This is flour mixed with baking powder. You can also replace this by mixing 2 cups (250 grams) of flour and one teaspoon of baking powder.
3. Tips
- Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature. This way, you get an airy cake.
- To test whether the cake is done, insert a skewer into the center of the cake at the end of the baking time. If it comes out dry, your cake is ready.
- Replace the cocoa with two tablespoons of instant coffee for a coffee flavor or
- Replace the cocoa and hot water with ⅓ cup (75 ml) of berry juice for a beautiful red swirl cake with a fruity taste.
- Stir ¼ cup (40 grams) of chocolate chips into the bowl with cocoa for a taste explosion.
- Mix ¼ cup (25 grams) of finely chopped pecans through the vanilla batter for a crunchy bite.
- Glaze: Cover your marble cake with a delicious chocolate glaze.
- Wrap the cake in aluminum foil and store it at room temperature for three days.
- You can also freeze the cake. First, aluminum foil around the cake and then a plastic bag. The cake will keep for three days.
- The cake's structure will change when stored in the fridge, so don't keep it there.
Nutrition
Calories: 382kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 114mg | Sodium: 201mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 660IU | Iron: 1mg
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