--- title: "Marble Cake Recipe Step by Step" url: https://www.cookingandme.com/marble-cake-recipe/ date: 2011-04-06 modified: 2023-02-09 lang: en author: "nags" description: "Marble cake recipe - a simple cake with no frosting needed, perfect for kids and adults alike. I grew up eating marble cake. It's almost a comfort food for me..." categories: - "Cake Recipes" - "Chocolate" image: https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/5559812224_55038df00e_z.jpg word_count: 596 --- # Marble Cake Recipe Step by Step Marble cake recipe - a simple cake with no frosting needed, perfect for kids and adults alike. I grew up eating marble cake. It's almost a comfort food for me - warm, spongy marble cake fresh out of the oven served with cold milk or "Boost" when I get back from school. Ah, bliss. While a **[good chocolate cake](https://www.cookingandme.com/2011/02/chocolate-fudge-cake-recipe.html)** is always on top of my favourite cakes list, marble cake was a very close second as a child. ![marble cake recipe](https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5559812224_55038df00e_z1.jpg) Amma baked pretty often when I was a kid so I don't remember us buying this from outside during the early years of my childhood. When baking a cake was in the plans, she would take out her cream pot and churn it make soft cloudy butter. I don't think we ever bought butter during those days. Any butter that was in the fridge for a few days was made into golden ghee. When I started college, a family friend opened up a bakery called Johns and Pauls. They sold the best marble cake in Kottayam at the time. Since they opened shop, I don't think we've made this cake at home. ![marble cake recipe](https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5559234527_e43b0ce7a1_z.jpg) For other fabulous tried and tested cake recipes check out [apple streusel cake](https://www.cookingandme.com/2013/11/apple-streusel-cake-recipe-apple-cake.html), [chocolate cake in microwave](https://www.cookingandme.com/2013/12/easy-microwave-chocolate-cake-recipe.html) (in 7 minutes), [tutti frutti cake](https://www.cookingandme.com/2013/12/buttermilk-tutti-frutti-christmas-cake-recipe.html), and also this [pressure cooker cake recipe](https://www.cookingandme.com/2013/06/how-make-cake-pressure-cooker.html). ## Marble Cake Recipe ![](https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5559234527_e43b0ce7a1_z-150x150.jpg) A simple butter cake with vanilla and chocolate batter swirled together to create a marbled look. A favourite for kids, this cake needs no frosting, just good quality butter to make it taste amazing! - 2 cups plain flour- 2 tsp baking powder- A pinch of salt (omit if using salted butter)- 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar- 100 gm unsalted butter (softened to room temperature)- 2 eggs- 1 tsp vanilla extract- 1 cup milk- 2 tbsp cocoa powder - Preheat oven to 180C / 350F- Grease a cake tin of choice with some butter. I used my [silicone bundt pan](https://amzn.to/3d1iGdK) which needs no greasing.- Place the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla essence and milk in a bowl.- Beat slowly with a whisk to moisten, then beat with an electric mixer (or vigorously by hand) at medium speed for about two minutes until the batter is smooth.- Reserve three-fourth cup batter and pour the remainder into the cake pan.- Stir cocoa into the three-fourth cup reserved batter. You can add cocoa to more of the batter depending on which flavour you want dominating.- Drop the chocolate batter by the spoonfuls on top of the white batter.- Using a knife, swirl the cocoa batter into the white batter to give it a marbled effect.- Bake for 35-40 minutes in the preheated oven. Check with a skewer to see if the cake is done.- Remove and transfer to a wire rack to cool.- Marble cake is delicious without any frosting but a light dusting of icing sugar won’t hurt. I have tried this marble cake recipe with salted butter and unsalted butter. Both taste fine (add a fat pinch of salt if using unsalted butter) and I would recommend using the best quality butter you can get your hands on The batter is meant to be a bit thick and this is perfect.  When swirling the cake batter, don't over do it or the batters will mix together and turn beige The crust needs to turn a golden brown so bake as long as a skewer inserted into the cake comes out with moist crumbs Cakemarble cake ## Few images of baking marble cake Drop white and chocolate batters into the cake pan by the spoonfuls, alternating as you go ![marble cake batter swirling](https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5559811534_a6c8ba2c58_z.jpg) Swirl gently with a pointed knife or skewer ![how to swirl batter for marble cake](https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5559811776_02633a3ab4_z.jpg) Bake until the crust is golden brown ![marble cake slices](https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5594891404_aecf71a58e_z.jpg)