Marvelous Marble Cake Food

THE BEST MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Spray Bundt cake with non-stick.
• Microwave chocolate with 20-30 sec intervals. Stir and repeat until most of the chocolate is melt but not all (usually takes 1 minute). I usually do not let it melt completely, which creates a nice effect in the cake.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, vanilla extract, sour cream, vegetable oil, sugar and water. Beat on high for around 3 minutes.
• Stir third of the batter into the melted chocolate, mix well.
• Spread half of the vanilla batter in the pan, then the chocolate batter and then the rest of the vanilla batter. Swirl the batters with a butter knife to create the marble effect.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes, cool for 20 minutes in pan, remove from pan and cool completely.
• For the icing: melt the chocolate and butter (you can do this in the microwave as well, but be careful).
• Cool the mix for 5-10 minutes, add sour cream and then the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time.
• Spread the icing on the cake when it has cooled completely.

MARVELOUS CANNOLI CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions, using two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a large bowl, combine the ricotta cheese, confectioners' sugar, cinnamon and extracts; stir in chocolate. In another bowl, beat the mascarpone cheese, confectioners' sugar, milk and extracts on medium speed until creamy (do not overmix)., Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1 cup filling. Top with second cake layer. Spread remaining filling over top of cake to within 1 in. of edges. Frost sides and top edge of cake with 2 cups frosting., Press almonds into sides of cake. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top. Refrigerate until serving.

MARVELOUS MARBLE CAKE - PARVE

Steps:

• Cream sugar and margarine.
• Mix in eggs and vanilla.
• Mix Flour and baking powder.
• Add flour mixture and water, alternately in small amounts.
• Pour 2/3 of mixture into a 9X13 inch pan, pour on melted chocolate, pour on remaining batter.
• Swirl with a knife.
• Bake at 350 degress for 1 hour.

MARVELOUS MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• lightly grease 20cm ring pan, cover with grease paper.
• beat butter, essence and caster sugar in a small bowl with an electiric mixer until light and fluffy.
• add eggs.
• beating well.
• transfer to a large bowl and fold in sifted flour and milk in 2 batches.
• divide mixture evenly between 3 bowls.
• 1st bowl:.
• tint mixture pink.
• 2nd bowl:.
• stir sifted cocoa and extra milk.
• 3rd bowl:.
• add extra milk.
• drop spoonfools of each mixture into pan.
• run knife through to give a marbled effect.
• bake in a moderate oven for about 40 minutes.
• stand 5 minutes.
• turn onto cooling rack.
• icing:.
• beat butter with electric mixer until as white as possible.
• beat in sifted icing sugar and milk in 2 batches.
• divide mixture into 2 bowls.
• tinting one pink.
• drop spoonfools of each onto cake, use spatula to give marbled effect.

MARVELOUS MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• In top of a double boiler or a metal bowl over barely simmering water, melt chocolate and 3 tablespoons butter; stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature., Preheat oven to 375°. Line bottoms of three greased 8-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease parchment., In a large bowl, cream remaining butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition., Remove 2 cups batter to a small bowl; stir in cooled chocolate mixture and, if desired, chocolate chips, until blended. Drop plain and chocolate batters by tablespoonfuls into prepared pans, dividing batters evenly among pans. To make batter level in pans, bang cake pans several times on counter., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove parchment. Cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach desired consistency., If cake layers have rounded tops, trim with a serrated knife to make level. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Cool slightly., Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake., Drop cooled chocolate by 1/2 teaspoonfuls over frosting. Using a large offset spatula, smear chocolate to create a marble design in frosting.