Marble Loaf Cake

This is the technique i used here as i find it less messy and quicker.

Marble loaf cake.

Gently cut through batter with a knife to swirl. Invert onto cooling racks. I used 3 mini loaf pans to make the marble cake. If you re feeling extra fancy you can top the cake with a bit of chocolate ganache.

Spoon half the chocolate batter on top of yellow batter in each pan. How to create the marble effect. Now that our two cake batters are ready it is time to combine them to create the marble bread. Cool in pans 5 minutes.

Pour the remaining batter into a greased and floured 9x5 in. The flour was the third ingredient and it made the batter like a thick cookie dough until i got. Moist chocolate cake marbled with vanilla cake batter an easy marble cake baked in just 60 minutes. In a small bowl combine 1 2 cup batter and chocolate syrup.

Spoon half the yellow batter in each loaf pan. Carefully loosen cakes from pans. You can use 1 regular loaf pan 9x5 inch 1 square pan 9x9 inch or 8x8 inch or 1 round pan to make this recipe. A tube cake with vanilla and chocolate layers swirled together to achieve a marbled effect.

This pound cake recipe uses the same idea as a marble cake and then tops it with a thick chocolate frosting. If you grease the pan try adding a parchment paper sling across the wide side for easy lifting. By beating the egg whites first you won t have to wash the beaters to use them again. If so use 1 tablespoon cocoa powder to mix the batter.

The cake is totally delicious all on its own but if you want it to stay true to the starbucks original it will require a chocolate glaze on top. If you line your pan carefully with foil using your knuckles not to tear it you won t have to wash the pan. This marble pound cake is tasty and beautiful. The whole thing bakes up into one giant rich marble loaf pound cake.

Pound cake does tend to be more dense than a regular cake but this pound cake recipe is nice and moist. Spoon chocolate batter over the top. You may cut down the chocolate portion to 1 3 of the batter. There are two ways to create a marble effect.

By piping the batters using piping bags or by dropping dollops of batters into the loaf pan with a spoon or ice cream scoop. Run knife through batters to marble. The batter for this cake is thin so carefully add it to the loaf pan alternating between dollops of vanilla and chocolate batter use a long skewer or a knife to swirl the batter together bake for an hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. I was looking to recreate something akin to starbucks marble loaf the other thing was the order of the ingredients being added was a little odd to me.