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    Marble Birthday Cake for Kids

    Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

    This easy marble birthday cake for children that I want to show you today is excellent. It's colorful, cute, and a real eye-catcher.

    birthday marble cake with treats

    Looking for a great birthday cake for kids? This colorfully decorated marble cake always hits the spot!

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    • Taste and Occasion
    • Ingredients
    • How to make the Birthday Marble Cake
    • Top Tip
    • Recipe Card
    • Marble Birthday Cake
    • Variations
    • Nutrition
    • Reviews

    Taste and Occasion

    As you might imagine, I had a lot of fun decorating it; my inner child had a lot of fun. I must admit: The funny birthday cake was not for a small child but for a big man. My man, actually 😉. After all, such a cake decorated with treats pleases even big kids. I decorated it with smarties, sugar sprinkles, gummy bears, caramel candies, and glitter stars, among other things.

    marble cake

    Ingredients

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    But the "inner values" are also not to be neglected. The gugelhupf is a delicious marble cake-like birthday cake. I moistened the marble cake by adding some melted dark chocolate or white chocolate to the dough. With this little trick, no one needs to be afraid of the typical "crumbs-dry-cough" - you may know what I mean… On the contrary, there was even a tiny run among the guests for the last pieces of this marble cake for children's birthdays. In addition to this birthday cake recipe, you can find more inspiration on the blog, such as the happy birthday cupcakes.

    marble cake with colorful topping and chocolate glaze

    How to make the Birthday Marble Cake

    Firstly, preheat the oven to 360°F/180°C. Melt the dark and white chocolate separately in a hot water bath or at a low temperature in the microwave. Grease the wreath form and dust it with a bit of flour. The dough is also enough for a 9.5 in / 24 cm springform pan or an 11 in / 28 cm loaf pan. Now, beat the soft butter with the sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs one by one. Stir in the flour mixed with the baking powder and a pinch of salt, and add the milk a little at a time until the dough falls from the spoon with difficulty.

    After this, roughly divide the dough in half. Stir the cocoa with the dark chocolate into one half and the white chocolate into the other half. In the baking pan, spread the light dough on top of the dark dough (or the other way around) and use a fork to spiral through the dough, creating a marble pattern. Smooth the surface.

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    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.

    Finally, bake the cake for about 60 minutes and let it cool. Frost with liquid chocolate glaze or cake glaze. Decorate the cake with different small treats just before they set.

    creative colorful birthday cake

    Top Tip

    The best thing about this marble cake for kids is that you can absolutely customize it. Even though the cake base always hits the spot, you can use lemon cake, nut cake, chocolate cake, banana cake, or eggnog cake (for adults).

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    Marble Birthday Cake

    The decoration of many small treats turns a classic, moist marble cake into something extraordinary. A great birthday cake (not only) for kids!
    Prep Time15 mins
    Baking Time1 hr
    Calories: 354kcal

    Equipment

    • 1 wreath form (9.5 in / 24 cm)

    Ingredients

    For the dough

    • 250 grams (1 cup) butter, soft
    • 180 grams (1 cup) sugar
    • 5 eggs, medium
    • 300 grams (2 ⅖ cups) all-purpose flour
    • 3 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 pinch salt
    • 150 milliliters (⅔ cup) milk, coarse
    • 100 grams (⅔ cup) dark chocolate
    • 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
    • 50 grams (3 ½ tablespoons) white chocolate

    For the decoration

    • 200 grams (1 cup) chocolate icing
    • treats, e.g. smarties, gummy bears, marshmallows, preferably in mini size

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 360°F/180°C. Melt the dark and white chocolate separately in a hot water bath or at a low temperature in the microwave. Grease the wreath form and dust it with a bit of flour. The dough is also enough for a 9.5 in / 24 cm springform pan or 11 in / 28 cm loaf pan.
    • Beat the soft butter with the sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs one by one. Stir in the flour mixed with the baking powder and a pinch of salt, and add the milk a little at a time until the dough falls from the spoon with difficulty.
    • Roughly divide the dough in half. Stir the cocoa with the dark chocolate into one half and the white chocolate into the other half. In the baking pan, spread the light dough on top of the dark dough (or the other way around) and use a fork to spiral through the dough, creating a marble pattern. Smooth the surface.
    • Bake the cake for about 60 minutes. Let cool. Frost with liquid chocolate glaze or cake glaze. Decorate the cake with different small treats just before they set.

    Ingredient substitutions

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

    Variations

    Depending on what treats you choose for the decorations, it will be an explicit girly birthday cake, one for boys, one for cookie fans, or one for gummy animal lovers. I can imagine mini cookies, marshmallow mice, licorice snails, little Easter eggs, or M&Ms for the topping. There are no limits to your imagination! In any case, the marble cake birthday cake will definitely result in a good mood - for children and adults! If you're looking for a fun birthday cake for kindergarten, you're probably right with it. If you prefer something healthier, you can bake this sugarfree banana cake, this vegan apple cake, or the donuts without sugar and chemicals. On this blog, everyone is sure to find just the right pastry 🙂 !

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Marble Birthday Cake
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 354 Calories from Fat 180
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 20g31%
    Saturated Fat 12g75%
    Trans Fat 1g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 6g
    Cholesterol 87mg29%
    Sodium 154mg7%
    Potassium 217mg6%
    Carbohydrates 39g13%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 22g24%
    Protein 5g10%
    Vitamin A 484IU10%
    Vitamin C 0.02mg0%
    Calcium 71mg7%
    Iron 2mg11%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    This easy marble birthday cake for children that I want to show you today is excellent. It's colorful, cute, and a real eye-catcher. This easy marble birthday cake for children that I want to show you today is excellent. It's colorful, cute, and a real eye-catcher. This easy marble birthday cake for children that I want to show you today is excellent. It's colorful, cute, and a real eye-catcher.

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