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Super Moist & Fluffy Marble Cake, who doesn’t love it? Rich with flavors with a soft & moist texture, it is by far a Quick Easy Recipe to make.
When I decided to share this marble cake recipe with you, I felt overexcited. The reason is that marble cake brings so many beautiful memories from my childhood. I still remember like nowadays, the visit to my aunt’s house and the amazing marble cake she used to master to perfection. I still do not know what is the secret of that recipe, but I can guarantee that her love for cooking and baking, which I inherited from her, did magic.
Now that you know where does my love for marble cake comes from, let’s jump into discovering the perfect recipe for a delicious marble cake without any further ado!
What makes this recipe superb?
I cannot wait for you to see it for yourself. But until you try this recipe, I promise you will have a fluffy, chocolate flavorful, soft and moist cake. The cake is made with simple ingredients and is easy to prepare to turn into a fabulous marble cake in no time.
What is marble cake made of?
Eggs:
Eggs should be at room temperature. This is an essential component of the recipe. I understand that many cake recipes call for mixing eggs and sugar, but our recipe calls for mixing the sugar with butter and oil first before starting to whisk the eggs. Do so and thank me later for the fluffiness that you will get.
Oil & Margarine:
Most western recipes for cakes call for the use of butter. I have developed a lighter and healthier recipe that will still give you the buttery taste you look for in cakes. In the end, a cake is a dessert that you love to indulge in and enjoy! This mixture between oil and margarine will help the cake become moist and elevate better, but will still save our most important objective: the flavor!
Buttermilk:
Let me stress here the fact that Buttermilk is not added to let the cake rise. Our recipe includes baking powder and baking soda which will do the rising magic. But, if you want to have a moist and rich taste of your cake, then do not substitute buttermilk with regular milk instead.
If buttermilk is not available in your fridge, then why not DIY. All you need is a tbsp of white vinegar or lemon juice or with a cup of milk and kept to thicken for 15 minutes.
Chocolate:
You may be thinking that you have never heard of adding chocolate to a marble cake recipe. And you are right because most of the recipes require adding chocolate cocoa only. I will be frank and say that you can easily eliminate the chocolate chips from the recipe, but I advise you to try it if you are looking for an intense chocolate flavor and a strong contrast between both chocolate and vanilla flavors.
How about the method to prepare this delicious marble cake?
Our recipe has several ingredients yet it is not hard to execute.
Start by melting the chocolate chip through a bain-marie. Put the chocolate chips or chopped chocolate in a bowl over boiling water in a pan and let the chocolate melt. Put chocolate aside.
Using a hand or stand mixer, beat the oil and margarine on high speed until they become fluffy, then add the sugar and them for 3 minutes. Reduce the speed to medium, add the eggs and beat them all together then add the vanilla and continue beating. Finally, add the buttermilk and mix all ingredients until well combined.
Mix the dry ingredients and start adding them to the mixture in 3 batches, mixing them with the batter through a wire whisk or spatula until well combined.
Transfer half of the batter into another bowl and all the cocoa and melted chocolate.
Grease your cake mold, and add half of the vanilla batter. Cover the vanilla batter with the chocolate batter and add the other half of the vanilla batter to the top.
Use a butter knife or a toothpick to swirl the batter. You are aiming for a delicious cake, but why not have a good-looking marble cake as well?
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Let’s jump into discovering the perfect recipe for a delicious marble cake without any further ado! I promise you will have a fluffy, chocolate flavorful, soft and moist cake. The cake is made with simple ingredients and easy to prepare to turn into a fabulous marble cake in no time.
Ingredients
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tbsp cocoa
- 50 g chocolate chips or chopped
- 1.5 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
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- Preheat the oven at 180 °C. Grease a bundt pan and set it aside.
- Over a pan with boiling water, put the chocolate chips or chopped chocolate in a bowl and melt them using the bain-marie method. Once melted, put the chocolate aside.
- Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the oil and margarine on high speed until they become fluffy
- Add the sugar and continue beating for 3 minutes
- Reduce the speed to medium, add the eggs and beat them all together then add the vanilla and continue beating
- Add the buttermilk and mix all ingredients. Turn off the mixer
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Start adding the dry ingredients over the batter into 3 batches. Using a spatula to scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl and a wire whisk to mix the ingredients until well combined
- Transfer half of the batter into another bowl and add the cocoa and melted chocolate. Mix well until fully combined
- Pour half of the vanilla/yellow batter into the cake mold. Add the chocolate batter above then spoon the remaining yellow batter on top
- Use a butter knife to swirl the batter 3 times. Do not over-swirl.
- Turn off the oven from the top and bake the cake for 20 minutes.
- Turn then the oven from both upper and lower parts and bake until you are satisfied with the color.
Notes
- Insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. If it comes out clean then your cake is ready.
- Turn off the oven and keep the cake inside for 5 minutes
- Remove the cake and let it cool in the same pan on a wire cooling rack
Nutrition
Calories: 266 kcal per serving | Serving size: 1 slice | Number of servings: 12
Total Fat 17 g | Saturated Fat 3 g | Cholesterol 49 mg | Sodium 290 mg | Potassium 65 mg | Total Carbohydrate 24 g | Dietary Fiber 0 g | Sugars 11 g | Protein 4 g | Vitamin A: 8% | Vitamin C: 0% | Calcium: 28% | Iron: 1%
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
