Top with remaining cake layer.
Marble birthday cake recipe from scratch.
Drop cooled chocolate by 1 2 teaspoonfuls over frosting.
I suggest starting with 8 ounces of vanilla cake batter in each pan followed by 8 ounces of chocolate cake batter in each pan for a total of about 16 ounces of batter in each pan.
Mix flour baking soda and salt.
To assemble cake place one layer of cooled marble layer on cake stand.
Frost top and sides of cake.
Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
2 cups 2 tbs flour 1 1 4 tsp baking powder 1 2 tsp salt 1 1 2 sticks 12 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature 1 cup white sugar 4 large eggs 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 2 cup whole milk choice of flavorings see below preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Step 2 place flour baking powder salt sugar butter or margarine eggs vanilla and milk into mixing bowl.
Using a large offset spatula smear chocolate to create a marble design in frosting.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees f 175 degrees c.
Try to create the lines using one continuous motion going up and down and then side to side.
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.
Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans.
If you re using 6 inch pans use 6 ounces of vanilla followed by 6 ounces of chocolate.
Line bottom of two 9 inch round cake pans with waxed paper.
Grease and flour a 9 inch round pan.
Next dissolve cocoa powder into hot water.
How to make a marble cake to create a marbled effect with your cake batter you first need to make your white or yellow cake batter.
Scoop some of your cake batter into a small bowl see recipe for details and combine with the chocolate mixture to create chocolate batter.
Repeat with remaining cake layers.
Spread with 1 2 cup frosting.
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.
Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate.
Heat oven to 350 f.
It s a fine plain cake that gets better when you use it as the base for a two tone two flavor marble cake.
Then pop the layers into the preheated oven for 34 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
