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The Best Chocolate Marble Cake

Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

I present to you: the best chocolate marble cake recipe. With our tips, this classic cake is sure to succeed, whether in a loaf pan or as a springform pan!

Marble cake basic recipe

The smell of freshly baked marble cake is one of the best things many people remember from childhood. The popular sponge cake with vanilla and chocolate has always been an absolute classic.

In this article, I will tell you my favorite marble cake recipe, delicious alternatives, and tips on making marble cake moist instead of dry.

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  • Nutrition

Taste and Occasion

The basic marble cake recipe is anything but spectacular. Maybe even a bit boring. But with real classics like this one you don't need extras in my opinion. At most a little bit of chocolate frosting on top.

The best marble cake recipe

Ingredients

Even though there are of course great alternatives with a twist (see below). The foundation of grandma's moist marble cake is a regular sponge cake. Most marble cake recipes differ mainly in the amount of butter and eggs in relation to the flour.

I personally like the "golden mean" best - with the right ratio of ingredients your cake will be neither dry nor greasy, neither too crumbly nor too firm. It will be really moist, light and airy at the same time.

The best marble cake recipe ever

How to make the Best Chocolate Marble Cake

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First of all, preheat the oven to 360°F / 180°C. Grease a loaf pan with approx. 8 inches length or diameter and dust with a little flour.

Beat soft butter with sugar until foamy. Stir in the eggs one by one. Mix flour with baking powder.

In the next step, stir into the egg mixture together with two-thirds of the milk and the scraped out pulp of a vanilla pod. Cut the dough in half. Stir in half of the cocoa and the rest of the milk.

Now it's time for the interesting part: the marble effect. There are many different ways to get the typical pattern.

1: Spread the vanilla dough and the cocoa dough on top of each other in the loaf pan and run it through several times with a fork so that "swirls" are formed.
2. as shown in the pictures, form a kind of "rain gutter" 😉 or trough into the light-colored dough and fill it up with dark dough.
3. layer the two doughs in blobs in the form. This way you get a kind of cow stain pattern. 4. for a zebra pattern (a springform pan is best for this) alternately put a spoon of light and dark dough on top of each other in the middle of the pan. The zebra marble look will come about by itself when the dough runs apart

Smooth it out and bake the cake for about 50-60 minutes.

Moist marble cake

Top Tip

Recipe Recommendation

Airy zebra cake with cream

The cream instead of butter in the dough makes the cake particularly light, fluffy, and airy. The recipe is also suitable for lemon cakes, marble cakes, and Co.

Whether you bake the marble cake as a Gugelhupf or in a loaf pan is up to you. Just like the concrete marble pattern that gives it its name.

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The Best Chocolate Marble Cake Recipe

Easy basic recipe for the popular classic: This chocolate marble cake with cocoa becomes really moist and fluffy. Tastes pure, with powdered sugar or chocolate icing.
Prep Time10 mins
Baking Time55 mins
Calories: 334kcal

Equipment

  • Loaf Pan (approx. 8 inch.)

Ingredients

  • 250 grams (0.6 lb) butter, soft
  • 180 grams (0.9 cups) sugar
  • 5 eggs, medium-sized
  • 300 grams (2.4 cups) wheat flour
  • ½ sachet baking powder
  • 100 milliliters (0.4 cups) milk
  • 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
  • 1 piece vanilla pod , alternatively 1 pack vanilla sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 360°F / 180°C. Grease a box pan or pan with approx. 8 inches length or diameter and dust with a little flour.
  • Beat the soft butter with the sugar until foamy. Stir in the eggs one by one. Mix flour with baking powder. Stir into the egg mixture together with two-thirds of the milk and the scraped out pulp of a vanilla pod. Cut the dough in half. Stir in half of the cocoa and the rest of the milk.
  • First, put the light-colored dough into the mould. Then pour the dark dough over it and pull a fork through it to form a marble pattern. Alternatively, hollow out the light-colored dough a little bit in the middle with a spoon, add the dark dough and spread the rest completely over it. Smooth it out and bake the cake for about 50-60 minutes. Make a test with sticks.

Ingredient substitutions

Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

Variations

My easy basic recipe for marble cake consists only of the absolute basic ingredients for sponge cakes. But sometimes it can be a bit of a change. Even if you only bake the basic recipe, you can add a little flair to your cake in no time.

If you like, you can stir 1-2 tablespoons of rum under the dough, add chocolate flakes or cocoa nibs to the dark cocoa dough, or use some grated tonka bean instead of vanilla pulp. The marble cake will be delicious one way or another!

Easy marble cake recipe

Similar Recipes

If you are looking for a very airy and light alternative, you should try my super soft zebra cake with cream instead of butter. Low in fat and absolutely delicious!

Easy Marble Cake Basic Recipe

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
The Best Chocolate Marble Cake Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 334 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 12g75%
Cholesterol 114mg38%
Sodium 180mg8%
Potassium 146mg4%
Carbohydrates 36g12%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 16g18%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 633IU13%
Calcium 55mg6%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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