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Chocolate Cake with White Marshmallow Frosting Recipe

Mar 7, 2020 ·

This is a recipe for a one-layer black and white cake, which is a chocolate cake with white frosting. While you could certainly make this type of cake with a classic buttercream, I think a Swiss meringue buttercream (which is more of a science project) is a great complement to the simplicity of the chocolate cake. Make this black and white cake for any birthday or any celebration coming up!

why this recipe for a black and white cake is so good

If you're an avid cake baker, you should memorize this chocolate cake recipe. It's vegan but not by design -- by accident -- and the crumb of the cake is always perfect. The frosting is sweet, soft, and heavenly -- reminiscent of the interior of a marshmallow after you've toasted it. In fact, if you were feeling fancy, you could toast the peaks of the frosting with a flambee tool and create beautiful toasty frosting peaks.

This chocolate cake with white frosting is very balanced in its sweetness -- the cake isn't that sweet, and the frosting is more traditionally sweet. Sprinkles on top are really fun, too!

Black and white cake

how to make a black and white birthday cake

A black and white cake comprises a chocolate cake with white frosting. My chocolate cake recipe is PERFECT for this. Using the ingredients listed below,

  1. Prepare a 9" cake pan (I used a springform pan) with cake spray or butter and parchment.
  2. Preheat the oven to 350F.
  3. Whisk together the dry ingredients - your flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. 
  4. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix oil, coffee, vinegar, water, and sugar. 
  5. Add the wet ingredients and mix to combine. Pour into your pan and bake until the top is springy - about 35-40 minutes. 
  6. After 5 minutes out of the oven, cool the cakes on a wire rack - or better yet, freeze them wrapped in saran wrap for a few hours - before frosting.

how to make marshmallow frosting

Marshmallow frosting is basically a swiss meringue buttercream frosting. Using the ingredients listed below,

  1. Prepare a water bath -- fill a medium pot with about 3 inches of water and bring to a low boil. 
  2. Place all your frosting ingredients in the bowl of a KitchenAid mixer (or a metal bowl if you don't have a KitchenAid). Afix a candy thermometer to your bowl. Place atop the water. Whisk the mixture constantly until it reads 160F -- the mixture will be bubbly and the sugar will have dissolved. 
  3. Cover your hand with a pothandle and transfer to your stand mixer with a whisk attachment. Mix on high for 4 minutes, until very fluffy with stiff peaks. 
  4. Spread onto your cooled cake and top with sprinkles. 
Chocolate Cake with White Marshmallow Frosting Recipe

Chocolate Cake with White Marshmallow Frosting Recipe

Mimi Newman
Chocolate Cake with White Marshmallow Frosting Recipe
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
Course Cake
Cuisine American
Servings 10 servings

Ingredients
  

  • chocolate cake
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 cup coffee
  • 1 cup water
  • marshmallow frosting
  • 2 large egg whites
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 ½ tablespoons of water
  • ¼ teaspoon of cream of tartar
  • ¼ teaspoon of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Make the cake
  • Prepare a 9" cake pan (I used a springform pan) with cake spray or butter and parchment.
  • Preheat the oven to 350F.
  • Whisk together the dry ingredients - your flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. 
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix oil, coffee, vinegar, water and sugar. 
  • Add the wet ingredients and mix to combine. Pour into your pan and bake until the top is springy, about 35-40 minutes. 
  • After 5 minutes out of the oven, cool the cakes on a wire rack - or better yet, freeze them wrapped in saran wrap for a few hours - before frosting.
  • Make the frosting
  • Prepare a water bath -- fill a medium pot with about 3 inches of water and bring to a low boil. 
  • Place all your frosting ingredients in the bowl of a KitchenAid mixer (or a metal bowl if you don't have a KitchenAid). Afix a candy thermometer to your bowl. Place atop the water. Whisk the mixture constantly until it reads 160F -- the mixture will be bubbly and the sugar will have dissolved. 
  • Cover your hand with a pothandle and transfer to your stand mixer with a whisk attachment. Mix on high for 4 minutes, until very fluffy with stiff peaks. 
  • Spread onto your cooled cake and top with sprinkles. 
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