Top with remaining cake layer.
Marble cake with chocolate filling.
Using a large offset spatula smear chocolate to create a marble design.
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.
In a microwave melt chocolate chips.
However you could totally use a vanilla frosting as well.
The final step is covering your marble cake in homemade chocolate buttercream frosting.
It s essentially a marbled version of this award winning kentucky butter cake.
With swirls of tender vanilla and fudgy chocolate cake this marble looks fancy but tastes like pure old fashioned goodness and it appeals to kids and grown ups alike.
The great thing about marble cake is that there are many ways to go about it and this recipe is pretty flexible.
To assemble cake place one layer of cooled marble layer on cake stand.
Surprisingly you don t need two completely different batters to make marble cake.
Frost top and sides of cake.
Classic marble cake is a mixture of vanilla and chocolate cake that is swirled together creating a marbling effect.
Spread with 1 2 cup frosting.
The cake is moist flavorful and easy to put together.
Drop cooled chocolate by 1 2 teaspoonfuls over frosting.
It finished it off perfectly.
Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate.
The cake is covered in a silky smooth whipped chocolate frosting.