Marble Cake

Prep Time:
20 mins

Cook Time:
30 mins

Total Time:
50 mins

Servings:
10

Yield:
1 (9-inch) marble cake

Ingredients

Directions

Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.

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.

Add flour mixture in batches, alternating with milk, mixing just until combined.

Reserve 3/4 cup batter; pour remaining batter into the prepared pan.

Mix cocoa into reserved cake batter until even in color.

Drop chocolate batter by large spoonfuls on top of vanilla batter and swirl with a knife for a marbled effect.

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.

Cook’s Note

You can also make this recipe in a 9×5-inch loaf pan; increase baking time to 40 minutes.

Dust cooled cake with powdered sugar or top with chocolate glaze.

This recipe was tested in our test kitchen and updated to use reduced amounts of flour and milk for improved crumb texture. The original recipe used 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of milk.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)