Chocolate And Vanilla Marble Cake. New Music From Small Black.

This is a very simple one layer, marbled sheet cake that is perfect to feed a crowd. Old fashioned goodness that was terrific for my son’s First Holy Communion.

My kitchen was quite cold when I made the cake, so the melted chocolate crisped up a bit when it was cut through the cool batter. I actually liked the way it turned out with the slightly crunchy swirl.

Chocolate And Vanilla Marble Cake

Ingredients:

1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 3/4 cup sifted cake flour
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 cup sugar
Buttercream Icing (recipe follows)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325℉.

2. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in oil, milk and vanilla and beat until batter is very smooth.

3. In another bowl, beat the eggs until thick and foamy. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until well blended.

4. Fold egg and sugar mixture thoroughly into batter. Drizzle chocolate over the batter then cut through batter several times to give a marbled appearance.

5. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13 x 9 inch baking pan.

6. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes. Cool then frost with buttercream icing.

Serves 12 to 20

Recipe from Diana’s Kitchen

Buttercream Icing

Ingredients:

6 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 lb butter, softened
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 to 4 Tbs whipping or heavy cream

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter on low speed. Mix until well blended. Increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes.

2. Add vanilla and cream and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute longer. Add more cream, as needed, to obtain desired consistency.