Classic Marble Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Direction

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round pan.
2. Place flour, sugar, milk, eggs, butter, baking powder, vanilla, and salt into a large bowl.
3. Mix slowly to moisten, then beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for about 2 minutes until smooth.
4. Reserve 3/4 cup batter; pour remaining batter into the prepared pan.
5. Stir cocoa into reserved batter until even in color.
6. Drop chocolate batter by large spoonfuls on top of vanilla batter; swirl cocoa batter into white batter using a knife to create a marbled appearance.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 to 35 minutes. Cool briefly on a wire rack before inverting carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.