How To Make Chocolate Swirl Cake
This easy chocolate swirl cake will quickly become a family favorite. A two-layer simple vanilla cake with a fun chocolate swirl that runs through the layers!
- Yield: 1 cake 1x
Ingredients
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- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup milk + 2 Tbsp milk, divided
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 T cocoa powder
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer for 2 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time beating after each egg. Add vanilla with the last egg.
- Mix flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
- Alternate adding half the flour mixture with half the milk (reserve 2 Tbsp). Mix between additions and repeat.
- Scoop 1/3 cup of batter into a bowl and add cocoa powder and 2 Tbps milk. Stir until well combined.
- Divide batter evenly between two 8-inch cake pans that are greased and lined with parchment paper.
- Add three scoops of chocolate around each cake pan.
- Use a knife to swirl the chocolate blobs around through the vanilla batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
- Let the cakes cool on a cooling rack.
- Frost using your favorite frosting. Frost the top of one cake, stack the second cake on top and then frost the top and sides.
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