Marble Cake Recipe

MARBLE CAKE RECIPE

WHAT IS A MARBLE CAKE?

A cake with a marble pattern, the reason why it’s called a Marble Cake or Marbled Cake. Also known as the Zebra cake. A rich, moist and buttery cake made by mixing two different colors of cake batters, vanilla and chocolate, with beautiful swirls to give it a visually stunning effect resembling a marble that will appeal to kids and grown-ups alike.

A perfect snack with a cup of coffee or tea. This soft and buttery cake with tender crumbs will be a favorite amongst kids whenever they need a quick sweet bite. Surely, the kids will be asking more of this once they have a bite of this pleasantly delightful cake.

HOW TO MAKE MARBLE CAKE?

The recipe I am sharing here is probably one of the easiest to make marble cake recipes with easy step by step guide utilizing the ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen.

You will need handheld mixer for this recipe. You will just need to prepare one Vanilla batter and convert half of it into a chocolate batter by adding cocoa powder to it.

Then all you need to do is scoop portions of both the batters and place them alternately into a baking pan. Finally, let’s not forget the most important part, using a skewer or a toothpick making those gorgeous swirls to give it that stunning marble effect.

If you don’t have baking paper, you can grease the baking pan with oil and dust it with flour and you be good. Speaking of ingredients, although you can substitute cocoa powder with melted chocolate for the chocolate batter, I personally feel that the unsweetened cocoa powder will make a softer, spongy and moist marble cake. For those who can’t resist the melted chocolate, you can add both these ingredients, melted chocolate and cocoa powder together as well. I will be using just the cocoa powder for this particular recipe.

Make sure to place the baking pan in a preheated oven. You are very likely to ruin your cake if you have not properly preheated the oven and all the effort you put into this recipe might go down the drain. I will be using a rectangular 7-inch cake pan for this particular recipe, although any shape cake pan can be using for this cake, its really your choice.

A QUICK TIP TO BAKE THE PERFECT MARBLE CAKE

Here’s a quick tip on how to make sure your cake is baked perfectly. Use a skewer or a toothpick and insert it into the cake all the way through to the bottom and when you pull it out it should come out clean. If any wet batter is stuck to the skewer or the toothpick, then your cake needs to be in the oven a little bit longer.

Alright now, Let’s get to the recipe now.

INGREDIENTS

150 gms butter
1 and half cup sugar
1 TSP vanilla essence
4 eggs
180 ml milk
2 cups all purpose flour
Pinch of salt
2 TSP baking powder
3 TBSP cocoa powder
1 TSP cooking oil

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl mix 150 gms butter, 1 and half cup sugar and 1 TSP vanilla essence and beat with an electric mixer until it becomes smooth and fluffy.
Add 4 eggs to the mixture, one at a time. Beat in between each addition and then beat for approximately 2 mins until well combined then add 180 ml milk at room temperature and mix again.
Add 2 cups sifted all purpose flour, pinch of salt and 2 TSP baking powder and mix it with a spatula. Then beat with the mixer until it has a smooth consistency (approx. 2 mins)
Divide the vanilla batter into half in another bowl and add 3 TBSP cocoa powder to prepare marble chocolate batter. Keep both batters together to be added to the baking pan.
Grease a 7 inch baking pan with oil and add baking paper at the base.
Scoop portions of both the batters and place them alternately into the baking pan and then gently tap the baking pan to settle the batters.
Using a skewer or a toothpick make swirls to form the marble effect and bake in a preheated oven for 45-50 mins.

Marble Cake Recipe