Chocolate Marble Glaze Cake

1 photo of old fashioned marble pound cake chocolate glaze.

Chocolate marble glaze cake.

If you like a darker chocolate cake you can adjust the amount of cocoa up to 4 tablespoons. Marble cake with chocolate glaze september 3 2019 benjamina ebuehi marble cake is a childhood classic for many of us with generous slices making an appearance on our school dinner plates most weeks drowned in custard as standard. I made the glaze in the microwave using a pyrex glass measuring cup at 45 seconds for the chocolate chips butter and corn syrup stirring until smooth then adding the vanilla. If desired use a spatula to evenly distribute.

Whisk together the flour baking powder and salt. Preheat oven to 350. Slowly drizzle the chocolate glaze from the pot or bowl over your cooled finish baked good such as a cake cookies brownies doughnuts etc. Great on a chocolate zucchini cake baked in a bundt.

If you like a lighter chocolate just add the smaller amount. Spray a 10 in 12 cup bundt pan generously with nonstick cooking spray with flour such as baker s joy or pam with flour. The glaze was exactly enough to generously cover the top of the cake. Spray the measuring spoon with non stick spray before measuring the corn syrup and it will slide right out.

Preheat the oven to 325 f and set an oven rack in the middle position. Using a serrated knife cut each cake horizontally into three even layers. Pouring the mirror glaze over the cake. I made a 1 2 recipe of an old family favorite scratch chocolate cake a recipe my mom got from a friend back in the mid 1960 s in a 9x9 pan.

I tasted the glaze before putting it on my cake and i just loved the flavor. Beat in the melted chocolate until the mixture is thick and fluffy. Trim away the domed tops from the cakes to give a flat surface. Begin pouring the onto the center of the cake then slowly work your way out to the edges.

Take 2 cups of the yellow buttermilk cake batter and mix into the cocoa powder mixture until well combined. Remove the smoothed buttercream cakes from the fridge or freezer must be fully chilled before glazing and place on a circular object on top of a large baking sheet to catch the run off glaze. In a medium sized bowl stir together cocoa powder hot coffee and remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar until cocoa powder is dissolved. I like to rest the cake on a small cake pan or a wide and short glass.

In the bowl of a standing mixer or if using a handheld mixer in a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy 3 to 4 minutes. This is an older recipe and it makes a very rich and moist pound cake. Place a layer of cake on a wire rack over a tray and spread with a sixth of the buttercream.