Marble cake recipe – free easy marble butter cake recipe
This marble cake recipe yields a very rich butter cake. The name marble cake came about because of the chocolate batter that is swirled in plain vanilla batter, creating a chocolate-vanilla marbled effect. This marble cake recipe is very simple to follow, and yields a delisciously rich butter cake.
Ingredients and cake tin sizes:
| Round tin sizes |
6 inches |
8 inches |
10 inches |
12 inches |
| Square tin sizes |
5 inches |
7 inches |
9 inches |
11 inches |
| Butter |
112g |
225g |
450g |
900g |
| Castor sugar |
112g |
225g |
450g |
900g |
| Self raising flour |
112g |
225g |
450g |
900g |
| Salt |
a pinch |
a pinch |
a pinch |
a pinch |
| Baking powder |
3/8 tsp |
3/4 tsp |
1 1/2 tsp |
3 tsp |
| Eggs |
2 |
4 |
8 |
16 |
| Cocoa powder |
1 tbsp |
2 tbsp |
4 tbsp |
8 tbsp |
| Milk |
3 1/2 tbsp |
7 tbsp |
14 tbsp |
28 tbsp |
| Vanilla essence |
1/2 tsp |
1 tsp |
2 tsp |
4 tsp |
Method:
Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
Mix cocoa powder with half of the milk and leave aside.
In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar till soft and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add salt.
In another separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder and salt 3 times. Fold in the sifted ingredients into the creamed mixture alternately with milk, starting and ending with flour.
Finally add in vanilla essence and combine well. Transfer 1/3 of the batter into a separate bowl and add the cocoa mixture to it. Mix well.
Scoop the plain batter and chocolate batter alternately into a well greased and floured cake tin. Run a jam knife through the batter to get a marbled effect. Level the top and bake the cake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Remove cake from oven and let it cool completely before decorating it.
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