Description
Make a visually striking marble cake featuring patriotic red, white, and blue colors perfect for your Memorial Day celebration.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup milk
- Red gel food coloring
- Blue gel food coloring
- White frosting ingredients (butter, powdered sugar, milk, vanilla)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla extract.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, alternating with the milk, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Divide the batter evenly into three separate bowls. Leave one bowl white. Add red gel coloring to the second bowl and blue gel coloring to the third bowl. Mix each until the color is uniform.
- Drop alternating spoonfuls of the red, white, and blue batters randomly into the prepared cake pans.
- Take a butter knife or skewer and gently swirl through the batter 2-3 times to create a marble effect. Do not over-swirl, or the colors will blend completely.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the cakes cool in the pans for 10 minutes before inverting them onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cool, frost the layers with your preferred white frosting for a clean, patriotic look.
Notes
- Use gel food coloring instead of liquid coloring for the most intense, vibrant patriotic shades.
- For a cleaner marble, use slightly less batter in each color bowl, ensuring you have enough white batter to separate the red and blue.
- Chill the layers briefly before frosting to make assembly easier.
- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 35g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 70mg