Marble Cake With Chocolate Filling

Top with remaining cake layer.

Marble cake with chocolate filling.

Frost top and sides of cake. The cake is covered in a silky smooth whipped chocolate frosting. 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. Drop cooled chocolate by 1 2 teaspoonfuls over frosting.

However you could totally use a vanilla frosting as well. The great thing about marble cake is that there are many ways to go about it and this recipe is pretty flexible. Classic marble cake is a mixture of vanilla and chocolate cake that is swirled together creating a marbling effect. It s essentially a marbled version of this award winning kentucky butter cake.

This marble cake recipe features vanilla cake swirled with chocolate for a gorgeous marble effect. You should not have needed to level these cakes but in the small change that you did now would be the time to do so cover in about 1 2 cup can use more if desired of chocolate buttercream and smooth out with an offset spatula. In a large bowl sift the flour sugar cocoa baking powder baking soda and salt. Spread with 1 2 cup frosting.

Using a large offset spatula smear chocolate to create a marble design. In a microwave melt chocolate chips. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. The final step is covering your marble cake in homemade chocolate buttercream frosting.

The cake is moist flavorful and easy to put together. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter and flour or spray with baking spray 2 8 round baking pans.