Chocolate Marble Sheet Cake

Name: Chocolate Marble Sheet Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 1 h 48 min
Yield: Makes 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 ¾ cups sugar, divided; 2 large eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 cup half-and-half; ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa; 3 tablespoons hot water; Mocha Frosting

11 Ratings
8 Reviews

Swirl chocolate and yellow cake batter together in this marble sheetcake recipe and top with a rich mocha frosting.

By Cheryl Draper, Chicago, Illinois

Recipe by Southern Living October 2008

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Credit: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine

Recipe Summary

prep:

20 mins

cook:

28 mins

additional:

1 hr

total:

1 hr 48 mins

Yield:

Makes 12 servings

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 325°. Beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer 4 to 5 minutes or until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract.

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Step 2
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with half-and-half, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition, stopping to scrape bowl as needed.
Step 3
Spoon 1 1/4 cups batter into a 2-qt. bowl, and stir in cocoa, 3 Tbsp. hot water, and remaining 1/4 cup sugar until well blended.
Step 4
Spread remaining vanilla batter into a greased and floured 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Spoon chocolate batter onto vanilla batter in pan; gently swirl with a knife or small spatula.
Step 5
Bake at 325° for 23 to 28 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack (about 1 hour). Spread top of cake with Mocha Frosting.

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Frances

11/28/2016

I would love to make this for a friends retirement cake. Making a half sheet pan (12x16). How would adjust the recipe? Please help.

Thank you,

Frances Christian

JamieLee86

09/27/2013

We love this cake recipe I have used it for every cake I have made since finding the recipe! Just use a butter cream frosting

kwgaynor

04/30/2012

I made this yesterday, and my husband and I were very unimpressed. The cake was way too dry. Definitely NOT a "keeper" recipe.

Star4me

03/31/2012

This was a hit for my son's birthday. We didn't try the Mocha frosting with it, maybe next time.

tolucasweets

06/02/2011

hi in need help i want to make this cake but need to make 1/2 sheet cake that feeds 50 people... would i have to just double the recipe?

ErinHF

04/20/2010

This cake was delicious and easy to make. I used it for a baby shower cake. I made two cakes and layered them with the mocha frosting in the middle. The outside was frosted with a plain vanilla buttercream. I would make this again and again!

Poopytosh

09/05/2009

I didnt use any frosting and I added chocolate liquor to the chocolate batter. It was delicious, soft and fluffy. I made it twice and it barely lasted both times. Tastes best warm straight out of the oven.

beckett

03/17/2009

I made this for work and people ask me to make it for every birthday or holiday party. It is easy and delicious!

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