Decorate with sprinkles if desired.
Marble layer cake.
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Up to 8 hours.
Continue until you ve evenly distributed the batter between the pans.
Chill for 20 30 minutes in the fridge before final decorating.
The filling is a chocolate swiss meringue buttercream and outside vanilla swiss meringue buttercream topped with chocolate ganache.
Place final layer on top upside down and do a thin crumb coat on the cake.
Repeat with the next layer.
Cool in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes then invert on rack peel off waxed paper and cool completely.
Evenly spread about 3 4 cup frosting on top.
Spread with 1 2 cup frosting.
This is the dessert you go when you re craving both chocolate and vanilla and because it s a slightly smaller batch recipe than i normally share here you can feel okay about making it during these more isolated times.
Pour the remainder into pan.
Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate.
You should not have needed to level these cakes but in the small change that you did now would be the time to do so cover in about 1 2 cup can use more if desired of chocolate buttercream and smooth out with an offset spatula.
Alternate spoonfuls of vanilla and chocolate cake batter into your pans.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes until a wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean.
How to make marble cake layers once both cake batters and the optional chocolate fudge ripple are made the real fun starts.
Spread a nice layer of buttercream on top of the first layer and pipe a border around the outside to hold the ganache in.
Place 1 cake layer on a cake stand or large serving plate.
Marble cake is a type of cake that has contrasting swirls of batter giving a fun marbled or swirled pattern to your slices.
What is marble cake.
If cake layers have rounded tops trim with a serrated knife to make level.
Beat slowly to moisten then beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for about 2 minutes until smooth.
In a microwave melt chocolate chips.
To assemble cake place one layer of cooled marble layer on cake stand.
Reserve 3 4 cup batter.
