Marble Cake

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Description

This gorgeous marble cake recipe features swirls of chocolate batter in a rich vanilla cake. It's easy to make from scratch and sure to be a hit!

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions

1 Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.
2 Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.
3 Beat butter and sugar together in a separate large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract.
4 Add flour mixture in batches, alternating with milk, mixing just until combined.
5 Reserve 3/4 cup batter; pour remaining batter into the prepared pan.
6 Mix cocoa into reserved cake batter until even in color.
7 Drop chocolate batter by large spoonfuls on top of vanilla batter and swirl with a knife for a marbled effect.
8 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 28 to 30 minutes. Cool briefly on a wire rack before inverting carefully onto a cooling rack. Let cool completely before slicing.