Place a layer of cake on a wire rack over a tray and spread with a sixth of the buttercream.
Chocolate marble glaze cake.
Grease a 10 inch bundt or tube pan.
Marble cake with chocolate glaze september 3 2019 benjamina ebuehi marble cake is a childhood classic for many of us with generous slices making an appearance on our school dinner plates most weeks drowned in custard as standard.
If you like a darker chocolate cake you can adjust the amount of cocoa up to 4 tablespoons.
Pouring the mirror glaze over the cake.
Whisk together the flour baking powder and salt.
Beat in the melted chocolate until the mixture is thick and fluffy.
Preheat the oven to 325 f and set an oven rack in the middle position.
I made a 1 2 recipe of an old family favorite scratch chocolate cake a recipe my mom got from a friend back in the mid 1960 s in a 9x9 pan.
I made the glaze in the microwave using a pyrex glass measuring cup at 45 seconds for the chocolate chips butter and corn syrup stirring until smooth then adding the vanilla.
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If desired use a spatula to evenly distribute.
How long the glaze will take to harden will depend on the temperature of the glaze and the temperature of the room.
Using a serrated knife cut each cake horizontally into three even layers.
In the bowl of a standing mixer or if using a handheld mixer in a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy 3 to 4 minutes.
In a medium sized bowl stir together cocoa powder hot coffee and remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar until cocoa powder is dissolved.
Slowly drizzle the chocolate glaze from the pot or bowl over your cooled finish baked good such as a cake cookies brownies doughnuts etc.
Spray the measuring spoon with non stick spray before measuring the corn syrup and it will slide right out.
The glaze was exactly enough to generously cover the top of the cake.
Begin pouring the onto the center of the cake then slowly work your way out to the edges.
I like to rest the cake on a small cake pan or a wide and short glass.
Remove the smoothed buttercream cakes from the fridge or freezer must be fully chilled before glazing and place on a circular object on top of a large baking sheet to catch the run off glaze.
This is an older recipe and it makes a very rich and moist pound cake.
If you like a lighter chocolate just add the smaller amount.
Great on a chocolate zucchini cake baked in a bundt.
Trim away the domed tops from the cakes to give a flat surface.
1 photo of old fashioned marble pound cake chocolate glaze.
I tasted the glaze before putting it on my cake and i just loved the flavor.