In the realm of delectable pastries, there lies a marvel known as "Nannie's Marble Cake", a creation that tantalizes taste buds and captures hearts. This classic cake, named after its enigmatic creator, Nannie, embodies the essence of culinary artistry. With its striking appearance, characterized by swirls of rich chocolate and vanilla batter, Nannie's Marble Cake is a feast for the eyes. As you delve into its velvety texture, the harmonious blend of flavors unfolds, leaving a symphony of sweetness on your palate. While recipes for this iconic cake vary, each iteration holds the promise of an extraordinary culinary experience. So, let us embark on a journey to discover the best recipe for Nannie's Marble Cake, a timeless treasure that will undoubtedly become a cherished favorite in your kitchen.
Here are our top 4 tried and tested recipes!
MOIST AND FLUFFY MARBLE CAKE RECIPE
You can transform my favorite vanilla cake into the best marble cake by adding a little chocolate! Super easy and super tasty!
Provided by Elizabeth Marek
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Prepare three 8″x2″ cake pans with cake goop or another preferred pan spray. Preheat your oven to 335ºF (168ºC).
- Bring your butter, milk, and eggs to room temperature. It's really important when making a cake for the ingredients to all be slightly warm so they create an emulsion.
- Heat the water until it's simmering and then combine it with your cocoa powder.
- Stir it until the cocoa powder is moistened. It will look lumpy, but that is normal.
- Set it aside and let it cool while you prepare the cake batter.
- In a separate container, combine 3/4 cup of the milk and the oil together and set it aside.
- In a separate container, combine the remaining milk, eggs, vanilla, and almond extract together. Whisk it to break up the eggs, and then set it aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt with the paddle attachment. Mix for 10 seconds to combine everything.
- Add your softened butter to the flour mixture and mix on low until the mixture resembles coarse sand (this takes about 30 seconds). This style of mixing is called the reverse creaming method, and it will result in a very velvety, moist cake. A lot of my other cake recipes like brown butter cake and white velvet buttermilk cake use this method.
- Add in your milk/oil mixture and mix it on low until the dry ingredients are moistened.
- Increase the speed to medium (setting 2 on my Bosch Mixer, setting 4 on a KitchenAid) and let it mix for 2 minutes to develop the cake's structure. If you don't let your cake mix on this step, your cake could collapse.
- Scrape your bowl and then reduce the speed to low.
- Add in your egg mixture in three batches, letting the batter mix for 15 seconds between additions.
- Scrape down the sides again to make sure everything has incorporated.
- Take out 1/3 of your batter and combine it with the cooled chocolate mixture and fold it gently until it's combined.
- Layer your batter into your pans, starting with vanilla, then chocolate, and ending with vanilla.
- Use a butter knife to swirl them together gently. Do not over-mix or your cake will not have a marbled interior.
- Bake the cakes for 35-40 minutes at 335ºF (168ºC) or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out cleanly (but the cake has not begun to shrink yet from the sides of the pan). IMMEDIATELY TAP THE PAN FIRMLY on the countertop once to release the steam from the cake. This stops the cake from shrinking.
- Let the cakes cool for 10 minutes inside of the pan before flipping them out. The cake will shrink a bit and that is normal.
- Flip the cake onto a cooling rack and let it cool completely. I chill my cakes before handling them, or you can wrap them in plastic wrap and freeze them to trap moisture in the cake.
- Thaw the cake on the countertop while it's still wrapped before frosting.
- Place your chocolate into a heatproof bowl.
- Heat your cream until it just begins to simmer. Do not boil it or your ganache will be grainy.
- Pour the hot cream over your chocolate.
- Let it sit for 5 minutes.
- Add in your vanilla and salt to the chocolate mixture and whisk it until it's smooth and creamy.
- Pour your ganache into a shallow pan and let it cool to peanut butter consistency. Mine takes about 20 minutes to thicken up.
- Frost your cake with the ganache and then place it into the fridge for 20 minutes. This cake also pairs well with easy buttercream or chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream.
- Dust it with cocoa powder using a soft (new) makeup brush to make the velvet texture.
- Heat the cream until it's just steaming, and then pour it over chocolate.
- Let it sit for 5 minutes.
- Whisk it until it's smooth.
- Let it cool until it's slightly warm to the touch before piping it onto your CHILLED cake.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 serving, Calories 822 kcal, Carbohydrate 73 g, Protein 10 g, Fat 56 g, SaturatedFat 36 g, Cholesterol 150 mg, Sodium 455 mg, Fiber 5 g, Sugar 44 g
MARBLE CAKE I
A good practical cake, one that I make quite often.
Provided by Carol
Categories Desserts Chocolate Dessert Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch round pan.
- Place flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, butter or margarine, eggs, vanilla, and milk into mixing bowl. Beat slowly to moisten, then beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for about 2 minutes until smooth. Reserve 3/4 cup batter; pour the remainder into pan.
- Stir cocoa into the 3/4 cup reserved batter. Drop by spoonfuls over top of white batter. Using a knife, swirl the cocoa batter into the white batter to incorporate it in a marble effect.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 280.5 calories, Carbohydrate 41.2 g, Cholesterol 63.6 mg, Fat 11.1 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 6.6 g, Sodium 303.9 mg, Sugar 21.3 g
NANNIE'S MARBLE CAKE
My granmother was German and made this cake and I have very fond memories of eating this with her at the dining room table talking away the troubles of a young girls day. LOL Lots of butter and eggs. Not a low cal low carb cake but its soooo good. I had to sit and watch her make this stopping her to trya and measure this recipe out. This makes 1 bundt cake or 6 muffins.
Provided by kzbhansen
Categories Dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 1 cake, 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cream together the 3/4 pounds of butter and sugar, mix well.
- Add 6 egg yolks, and vanilla and beat well.
- Add grated lemon rind and beat.
- Add flour sifted with 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder.
- Beat 6 egg whites until stiff and fold into the above mixture. Reserve 2 cups of this mixture to make the chocolate mixture.
- Chocolate mixture:.
- In bowl Combine 2 Tablespoons sugar, 3 heaping teaspoons cocoa, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 2 heaping tablespoons of sour cream, and 2 cups of the above batter to make the chocolate mixture.
- Grease bundt pan well add white batter then chocolate batter alternately until the pan is over 1/2 full.
- Bake at 325 on lowest rack in the oven for 1 hour until brown.
- When cooled you can frost to your liking or sprinkle with powdered sugar.
- We ate it as is and it was wonderful.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1057.2, Fat 52.3, SaturatedFat 31.3, Cholesterol 310.1, Sodium 572.6, Carbohydrate 136.7, Fiber 2, Sugar 88, Protein 13.5
NANY'S WHITE CAKE
This is a cake recipe by my beloved Great Grandmother! She was a master in her time. She grew up during the depression and made up lots of recipes cooking for her large family. This cake is wonderful! I serve it with frosting or whip cream and berries. Enjoy!
Provided by MEAGANCOLLEEN
Categories Desserts Cakes White Cake Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8 or 9 inch round cake pans.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir into the batter alternately with the milk. Stir in vanilla. Distribute batter evenly between the prepared pans.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake springs back when pressed gently in the center. Cool in pans over a wire rack. When completely cooled, frost or fill as desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 190 calories, Carbohydrate 29.8 g, Cholesterol 46.2 mg, Fat 6.5 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 3.4 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 116.6 mg, Sugar 17.8 g
Tips:
- Use room temperature ingredients: This will help the cake batter mix more evenly and smoothly, resulting in a more consistent and tender cake.
- Don't overmix the batter: Overmixing can develop the gluten in the flour, making the cake tough. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven: This will help the cake rise evenly and prevent it from sinking in the center.
- Don't open the oven door during baking: Opening the oven door can cause the cake to fall. If you need to check on the cake, do so by looking through the oven window.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting: This will help the frosting set properly and prevent it from melting.
Conclusion:
Nannie's Marble Cake is a classic recipe that is sure to please everyone. With its moist, tender crumb and rich, chocolatey flavor, this cake is perfect for any occasion. Whether you're making it for a birthday, a holiday, or just because, you're sure to love this delicious cake.
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