Marble Cupcake Recipe From Scratch

1 1 2 sticks 6 ounces unsalted butter melted.

Marble cupcake recipe from scratch.

2 cups 2 tbs flour 1 1 4 tsp baking powder 1 2 tsp salt 1 1 2 sticks 12 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature 1 cup white sugar 4 large eggs 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 2 cup whole milk choice of flavorings see below. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy about 3 minutes. 1 1 2 cups all purpose flour.

The eggs and butter should be room temperature the butter and sugar need to be whisked for a certain period of time etc. Heat oven to 350ºf. Then pop the layers into the preheated oven for 34 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.

Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans. Rather you ll simply make my trusted vanilla cupcake recipe and add cocoa powder to part of its batter. Place a piece of parchment in the bottom of each pan. Grease and flour three 8x2 inch round cake pans.

First you do not have to make a vanilla cupcake batter and a chocolate cupcake batter. Try to create the lines using one continuous motion going up and down and then side to side. I highly recommend following every step as written. Line 12 cup regular muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.

This recipe was the unanimous favorite. 1 4 teaspoon fine salt. Sift flour salt and baking powder together. 2 large eggs at room temperature.

It took about 60 tries and many months to get the recipe just right but hundreds of five star reviews later i d have to say all the testing paid off. I made this for a co worker s baby shower cake and brought sample cake made from this recipe and from a very traditional marble cake recipe to the office for them to pick their favorite. What you re gonna do. Achieving the perfect marble cake recipe from scratch is worth every step in the process i promise.

Repeat with remaining cake layers. In fact that recipe was only developed because i needed a solid and reliable base for both this marble cake recipe and my pineapple upside down cake. It s a fine plain cake that gets better when you use it as the base for a two tone two flavor marble cake. With a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the butter on high speed in a large bowl until smooth and creamy about 1 minute.