Name: Marble Cake Recipe
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 120 min
Ingredients: 1 Recipe Yellow Cake; Or 1 Recipe Duncan Hines Box Yellow Cake Hack; ¼ cup Cocoa Powder; 2 Tbs Vegetable Oil (30ml); 2 Tbs Hot Water (30ml); 1 Recipe your favorite Buttercream; 2 Tbs Cocoa Powder; 3 Tbs Hot Water (45ml)

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Back to basics to make a vegan marble cake recipe

Its never been easier with one recipe for vanilla cake that gets mixed up by hand all in one bowl

Marbled Chocolate and Vanilla batter and a simple vanilla buttercream icing

This entire vegan marble cake recipe can be ready in just about 90 minutes!

For extreme ease today I am using my famous bakery style yellow cake

But for those who want it even easier go for the Box Cake Hack instead!
If you have a favorite vanilla cake recipe that isn’t mine (insert sad face) you can equally use that as well!

WATCH THE QUICK YOUTUBE VIDEO TO SEE HOW I MADE THIS MARBLE CAKE!

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Adjusting for Pan Sizes:

The recipe below makes 2 thick 8″ cake layers

1 –12 Cup Capacity Bundt Cake

Or 24 Cupcakes

Marble Cake Recipe

One recipe for vanilla cake makes this marble swirl cake really easy! Add a chocoalte paste to one portion & viola!

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Prep Time 1 30

Cook Time 30

Total Time 2

Servings

Ingredients

For the Cake batter

For the Marble Swirl

¼ cup Cocoa Powder
2 Tbs Vegetable Oil 30ml
2 Tbs Hot Water 30ml

For the Buttercream

1 Recipe your favorite Buttercream
2 Tbs Cocoa Powder
3 Tbs Hot Water 45ml

Instructions

First prepare your cake pans with grease & parchment paper lining & preheat the oven to 350°F
In a medium sized bowl combine the cocos powder with the oil & hot water & whisk smooth
Prepare the cake recipe as per the instructions on that recipe post & then add a scant 1 cup of the vanilla batter to the cocoa mixture & whisk smooth
Now divide the vanilla batter evenly amongst your prepared cake pans alternating with a small amount of the chocolate batter & then swirl the 2 batters together with a skewer or a small spatula
Bake for 25-35 minutes depending on your pans size~ until a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs
Cool in the pans until you can safely touch them then flip the cake layers out onto a cooling rack to cool to cold
Meanwhile prepare the buttercream recipe of your choice according to the instructions on that recipe post
Prepare the cocoa paste mixture by combining the cocoa with the hot water & whisk smooth
Add about 1 cup of vanilla buttercream to the COLD cocoa paste & mix smooth
Assemble to cake as per the video

Notes

Storage Marble cake can be kept at room temperature for several days in a cool dry climate.
For longer storage refrigerate for up to 10 days wrapped loosely to prevent drying of the cut slices
Freeze the cake layers wrapped well for up to 1 month

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