Marble Baked Powder

I decided to substitute the cocoa powder for semi sweet chocolate and add more butter for a softer cake.

Marble baked powder. Most recipes for marble cake call solely for cocoa powder for the chocolate portion of the cake. In a small mixing bowl whisk together cocoa powder and hot water until smooth and then add to the 2 1 2 cups of batter. Using a knife swirl the cocoa batter into the white batter to incorporate it in a marble effect. 2 teaspoons baking powder.

This makes the chocolate swirl portion of the cake taste almost like a brownie. Some make bundt cakes some make pound cakes some make sheet cakes and some make layer cakes. Cocoa powder doesn t compromise the taste. However it is unique in that the eggs are then added one at a time before the reminder of the wet ingredients are slowly poured in.

Most recipes i ve seen use melted chocolate but as i explained above i don t care for the texture contrast. You can use chocolate in the cake but i prefer to use cocoa powder because it s easier. Let s discuss the ingredient list. I like to add real chocolate as well for a more intense fudgy flavor.

Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. For the best results please follow the tried and tested tips below. 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. Split them into 4 layers and added a cream cheese chocolate buttercream filling 1 layer of white chocolate cream cheese butter cream filling.

In previous years i was never quite comfortable with the idea of serving a chocolate cake to a room full of tiny tots for afternoon tea especially if they all went crazy afterwards on the inevitable sugar high the poor teachers. Marble cake without chocolate. Step 4 bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean. Marble cake recipes come in all shapes and sizes.

The cake evenly filled the pan to about 3 1 2 inches high baked and is exceptionally moist and flavorful. Marble cakes aren t as difficult to make as they look. Add the flours and baking powder to the mixture and mix on low speed until combined. Everyone loved the cake.

It s simply a white cake batter divided with chocolate added to half then marbled together with a butter knife. Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Remove 2 cups of batter and transfer it to a separate bowl. Mix until the chocolate is fully incorporated into the batter.

The mixing method for this marble cake is most similar to the reverse creaming method of mixing that we have used in several of our recipes in that the dry ingredients are combined before the butter is mixed in. I baked the full recipe in 2 9 pans and it came out perfectly. I played around with this recipe a lot. Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans.