Zebra Marble Cake

Zebra Marble Cake 

Recipe by Lisa Huff 

Edited by Me

     This recipe is one of my all-time favorite cake recipes. This recipe is very moist and rich and it even comes with it's own frosting recipe. One of my biggest pet peeves is when a cake recipe doesn't have a frosting recipe. So then you have to find and print a different frosting recipe. 

Recipe 

Prep time: 1 hour

Cook time: 45 minutes

Serves: 8 (Or more)

Ingredients

For the Cake:

Butter, for greasing the pans

Flour, for dusting the pans

4 cups all-purpose flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon table salt

2 cups granulated sugar

8 large eggs

2 cups vegetable or canola oil

2 cups milk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

For the Frosting:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter

3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon table salt

3-5 tablespoons milk or cream (cream works better)

For the Ganache: 

1 cup quality chocolate chips

1 cup heavy or heavy whipping cream

Directions

For the cake and frosting:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 9-inch round cake pans.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
3. In a large bowl, beat the sugar and the eggs with an electric mixer on medium until well blended, about 2 minutes.
4. Add the oil,milk and 2 teaspoons vanilla, and beat until well blended. 
5. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, and beat on medium until just blended. 
6. Pour half of the batter into a separate bowl.
7. Whisk the cocoa powder into one of the bowls, stirring to blend.
8. Spoon about 3 tablespoons of vanilla batter into the middle of one of the pans.
9. Then spoon 3 tablespoons of chocolate batter on top of the vanilla batter. 
10. Repeat until the pan is 1/2 to 3/4 full. 
11. Repeat steps 8-10 in the other pan.
12. Bake for 30-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
13. Let the cake cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then remove from pan and place on a wire rack to finish cooling.
14. In a medium bowl,with an electric mixer, beat the butter and confectioners sugar.
15. Beat in the vanilla and salt.
16. Add a little milk if necessary to thin the frosting.
17. Spread the frosting over the cooled cake.

For the Ganache:

1. Place chocolate chips in a medium heat-proof bowl.
2. Heat the cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until it begins to gently simmer. (See note)
3. Pour over chocolate, then let it sit for 2-3 minutes to gently soften the chocolate.
4. With a metal spoon or small rubber spatula stir until completely combined.
5. Cool in a refrigerator for about 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
6. Spread a layer of ganache over the top of the cake.
7. Using a spoon, make little drips on the edges of the cake.
8. Cut, and enjoy!

Notes 

  If you have any other problems comment down below and I'll help. This cake takes a long time to make, so I only use it for special occasion. Look for little bubbles around the edges of the cream.