Bake your marble cakes and then either wrap them in plastic wrap and put them in the fridge to chill overnight or freeze for 30 minutes before frosting.
Marble cake with pink icing.
Add another drop if you want a deeper color.
Place a chilled buttercream cake in the freezer at least 10 minutes or the fridge for 1 hour on top of a circular object smaller than the cake board and set this on top of large baking sheet to catch the run off glaze.
You will need buttercream that firms up when cool.
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This marble cake bakes up very moist partly due to the incorporation of sour cream.
Bake in preheated oven for twenty five for 2 pans to forty minutes for a 9 13 big pan.
Repeat with the last two layers.
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In this video tutorial i will show you step by step how easy it is to make a buttercream marble look effect.
Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
Just remember it needs to hold its own once you are done.
Use the edge of a knife and swirl the colours together so that the pink is incorporated with the white.
How to marble your cake.
The ideal texture is american buttercream but it may be too sweet for some people so you can definitely try and use other types of frosting if you so wish.
Do not over mix you want the colours to be vivid and clearly visible.
Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans.
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.
Trim off the cake dome if you have one.
Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c.
Once you have your three batters use a tablespoon to drop the batter into a checkerboard patter.
If you want more of a pink classic neapolitan color just stir in a few drops of pink or red food coloring to the strawberry batter.