Marble Cake Easy And The Best Recipe

Published Jan 05, 2020 Updated Oct 01, 2024

Marble Cake Recipe From Scratch

Marble cake is one of my favorite cakes. It is a rich, moist and buttery cake with chocolate swirls. Every bite is chocolatey, sweet and decadent. It is great with a cup of coffee or tea and I enjoy it whenever I need a quick sweet bite. This is the easiest and the best marble cake recipe step by step, adapted from my butter cake recipe. The taste is 5 stars!

How To Make Marble Cake

In this recipe, you will learn how to make the cake mix with the following ingredients:

Unsalted butter Sugar Eggs All-purpose flour Milk Cocoa powder

Mix the cocoa powder to make the chocolate batter. Follow the steps in the recipe card and learn the techniques on how to create the marble effect in the cake. See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.

Marble Cake Without Chocolate

You can use chocolate in the cake but I prefer to use cocoa powder because it’s easier. Cocoa powder doesn’t compromise the taste. This recipe is guaranteed to yield a cake that is rich, buttery with deep chocolate flavors.

Baking Tips

For the best results, please follow the tried and tested tips below:

Grease the cake pan generously with butter. Regardless of the size of pan used, double and stack two pans together before baking. This will make sure that the cake doesn’t have a thick brown crust and have a softer texture. Cover the top of the cake at 20 minutes mark in the oven. This will make sure that the top of the cake is not too brown. Let cool the cake on wire rack for 30 minutes before removing from the pan. This will ensure that the bottom of the cake doesn’t stick to the pan.

What To Serve With This Recipe

Serve the cake with coffee or tea. For an afternoon tea party, I recommend the following recipes. I hope you enjoy this post as much as I do. If you try my recipe, please leave a comment and consider giving it a 5-star rating. For more easy and delicious recipes, explore my Recipe Index, and stay updated by subscribing to my newsletter and following me on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram for new updates.