Marble cake is a mix of vanilla and chocolate flavour. This cake can have many attractive designs with streaks of chocolate giving a marble appearance. Hence the name marble cake. This cake is rich in butter and has an amazing appetizing taste and smell.
Why you should try this marble cake
- Simple recipe
- Cooking time is under 50 minutes
- Design of your choice
- Amazing appetising taste
- Delicious smell
- Rich and buttery
Useful Tips for preparing marble cake
- All ingredient used must be at room temperature
- Always use unsalted butter
- Replacing 2 tbsp of all-purpose flour (from 1 ½ cup) with 2 tbsp milk powder can add more flavour to your cake.
- Adding cashew nuts into the batter will bring in more flavour.
How to cook marble cake
Dry ingredients
- Mix flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- Sieve the above mix for 2 to 3 times. This mixes baking powder and baking soda evenly with flour.
Wet Ingredients
- Take the butter (at room temperature) and beat using an electric beater. No electric beater, no worries, you can use a hand whisk. Beat until it is fluffy.
- Add powdered sugar in 3 intervals to the butter. Beat until the mixture becomes creamy.
- Add 2 eggs one after the other and beat for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add vanilla essence to the above mix and beat nicely.
- Finally add the sieved flour mixture and 1 cup milk in 3 intervals and beat in slow speed or mix using a spatula..
- To mix the batter evenly, use a spatula. Vanilla portion of the batter is now ready.
Preparing the chocolate portion
- Add the cocoa powder in 2 tbsp in a separate bowl and mix nicely. This step is to remove any lumps.
- Take 1/3rd portion of the vanilla batter into another bowl and add the above chocolate mix.
- Mix it evenly to get the chocolate portion of the batter
Baking
- Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.
- To the greased pan, pour the vanilla and cocoa portions at regular intervals to attain your desired design.
- Since the white portion is more, you can pour 3 to 4 tbsp of white batter followed by 2 to 3 tbsp of chocolate butter. Use a skewer or fork and draw a design of your choice on the batter.
- Tap the cake tin multiple times to remove any air bubbles if present.
- Place the baking tray or tin in the preheated oven and bake for 40-45 minutes
- After 40 minutes insert a skewer (toothpick) into the cake and check if it’s ready. If it comes out clean, then your cake is ready.
- Take out the cake from the oven and let it to cool completely.
Greasing Techniques
- It is preferred to grease the bottom and sides of the baking tray with oil or butter
- Place a butter paper at the bottom and grease the top of the butter paper slightly.
- Dust a small portion of the all-purpose flour on the bottom and sides of the tray.
- Pat nicely to remove any excess flour on the tray.
- Grease the baking tray and make it ready before starting with batter preparations.
Marble cake design
- Chocolate buttercream is the preferred topping for a marble cake.
- Take 100 gram of butter at room temperature, beat until it is fluffy.
- To the butter add 1 ½ cup powdered sugar and beat for 5 to 10 minutes until the mix is creamy.
- Add 2 tbsp melted dark chocolate and beat for 2-3 minutes.
- Buttercream is now ready and you can spread the cream on top of your marble cake.

Marble Cake Recipe – Simple Chocolate Marble Cake
Marble cake is a mix of vanilla and chocolate flavour. This cake can have many attractive designs with streaks of chocolate giving a marble appearance. Hence the name marble cake. This cake is rich in butter and has an amazing appetizing taste and smell.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup All-purpose flour
- 1 ¼ cup Powdered sugar
- 1 ½ tsp Baking powder
- ¼ tsp Baking soda
- 100 gram Butter Unsalted
- 2 numbers Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla essence
- 1 cup Milk
- 2 tbsp Milk
- 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
Instructions
Dry ingredients
- Mix flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- Sieve the above mix for 2 to 3 times. This mixes baking powder and baking soda evenly with flour.
Wet Ingredients
- Take the butter (at room temperature) and beat using an electric beater. No electric beater, no worries, you can use a hand whisk. Beat until it is fluffy.
- Add powdered sugar in 3 intervals to the butter. Beat until the mixture becomes creamy.
- Add 2 eggs one after the other and beat for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add vanilla essence to the above mix and beat nicely.
- Finally add the sieved flour mixture and 1 cup milk in 3 intervals and beat in slow speed or mix using a spatula.
- To mix the batter evenly, use a spatula. Vanilla portion of the batter is now ready.
Preparing the chocolate portion
- Add the cocoa powder in 2 tbsp in a separate bowl and mix nicely. This step is to remove any lumps.
- Take 1/3rd portion of the vanilla batter into another bowl and add the above chocolate mix.
- Mix it evenly to get the chocolate portion of the batter
Baking
- Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.
- To the greased pan, pour the vanilla and cocoa portions at regular intervals to attain your desired design.
- Since the white portion is more, you can pour 3 to 4 tbsp of white batter followed by 2 to 3 tbsp of chocolate butter. Use a skewer or fork and draw a design of your choice on the batter.
- Tap the cake tin multiple times to remove any air bubbles if present.
- Place the baking tray or tin in the preheated oven and bake for 40-45 minutes
- After 40 minutes insert a skewer (toothpick) into the cake and check if it’s ready. If it comes out clean, then your cake is ready.
- Take out the cake from the oven and let it to cool completely.
What ingredient makes a cake fluffy?
Butter is the main ingredient that makes the cake fluffy.
What does marble cake mean?
Marble cake is a mixture of vanilla and chocolate with streaks of chocolate giving a marble-like appearance. Hence the name marble cake.
Is cake flour the same as all-purpose flour?
All-purpose flour is harder and has higher protein content compared with cake flour.
What is marble cake made of?
Marble cake is a mixture of vanilla and chocolate with streaks of chocolate giving a marble-like appearance. Hence the name marble cake. This cake is rich in butter and has an amazing appetizing taste and smell.