Marble Cake With Chocolate Frosting

Marble Cake combines easy ingredients to make homemade chocolate and vanilla cakes that are then carefully swirled together before baking! Top this cake off with light and fluffy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting for the ultimate dessert!

Grab another slice of a homemade cake like my rich Chocolate Cookie Butter Cake or this decadent Black Magic Chocolate Cake!

This moist, tender Marble Cake has swirls of homemade chocolate and vanilla cake that’s hidden under a thick layer of the best Chocolate Buttercream Frosting! The creamy, rich frosting paired with the fluffy cake makes for a mouthwatering dessert to bite into that will have you reaching for a second slice!

Marble Cake makes for such a great compromise when you love both vanilla cake AND chocolate cake! I just love a recipe that lets you have the best of both delicious worlds without a lot of extra work!

Whip up this Marble Cake with Chocolate Frosting for birthday parties, potlucks, or just for a tasty treat after dinner with the family!

Ingredient Notes

To begin making this Chocolate Marble Cake Recipe you’ll need egg whites, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, buttermilk, vegetable oil, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract. Once this batter is made you’ll divide it into two separate bowls.

In one bowl unsweetened cocoa powder and granulated sugar get added to create the chocolate cake batter.

After the cakes have been baked you’ll whip up the Chocolate Buttercream Frosting while they cool. This is made by combining unsalted butter, powdered sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, chocolate liqueur, vanilla extract, kosher salt, and heavy cream. Vanilla Frosting would also make a nice topping for this cake.

How To Make A Marble Cake With Chocolate Frosting

1. Preheat the oven. Grease and line the round cake pans with parchment paper.
2. Beat together the egg whites until soft peaks form. Then add in the sugar, beating again.
3. Add in more sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Set it aside.
4. Beat the remaining sugar with the flour, buttermilk, vegetable oil, baking powder, salt, and vanilla on low speed.
5. Divide the batter into two seperate bowls, in one bowl, beat in half of the egg whites. In the other beat in the unsweetened cocoa powder, granulated sugar, and egg whites.
6. Pour half of the vanilla cake batter into each of the pans. Then drop spoonfuls of half of the chocolate cake batter into each pan.
7. Drag a knife through the batter to swirl the flavors together, being careful not to fully mix them together.
8. Bake the cakes until a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean. Then cool them in the pans on wire racks before flipping them out.
9. Prepare the chocolate frosting while the cakes are cooling.

1. Assemble the cake by placing on cake on a cake stand or plate and top with chocolate frosting. Add the second cake on top and add a crumb coat of frosting.
2. Place the cake in the refrigerator to set. Then remove and finish frosting the top and edges of the cake with a thick layer of frosting.

Frequently Asked Questions

How To Store

Store this finished Marble Cake at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the refrigerator for up to a week. You can also store the layers of unfrosted cake in the freezer, tightly wrapped, for up to 3 months.

Substitutions

• Buttermilk – Replace it with homemade buttermilk by putting 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice in a 1 cup measuring cup. Then fill the measuring cup up with milk, allow this mixture to sit for about 10 minutes until it starts to thicken and bubble.
• Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – Melt 3 ounces of unsweetned chocolate and once it has cooled stir it into the batter.
• Vegetable Oil – You can swap out vegetable oil for olive oil or melted butter.
• White Sugar – This can be replaced with brown sugar but keep in mind the cake will turn out darker and with a denser texture. It may also have more of a caramelly flavor.

Can This Cake Be Made In A 9×13-inch Pan?

Yes, it can! You just may need to bake the cake for a few extra minutes. To check for doneness just stick a toothpick into the center of the cake, when it comes out clean the cake is finished baking!

I really enjoy making homemade cakes like this Chocolate Swirl Cake! Check out more of my popular homemade cake recipes that you can easily whip up at home just like this one!

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• Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cake – White cake gets rolled in sweet cinnamon sugar and then covered in frosting that has cinnamon toast crunch pieces in it!
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake – Made with two layers of delicious chocolate cake and two layers of edible cookie dough, finished off with ganache, frosting, and mini chocolate chip cookies!
• Funfetti Cake – Two layers of white cake filled with rainbow sprinkles then wrapped in white chocolate frosting and topped with even more sprinkles!
• Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting – Moist red velvet cake frosted with creamy homemade cream cheese butercream frosting!

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