1 2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter room temperature plus more for pan.
Martha stewart marble layer cake.
Add eggs one at a time beating until combined after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Here marbleized fondant hints at the cake s interior and covers a layer of buttercream frosting.
Spread an even layer of the dark chocolate buttercream onto the cake layer with a large offset spatula.
Whisk together the cake flour baking powder and salt.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy about 5 minutes.
Next center the first cake layer the cake board.
Bakers have been swirling dark and light batters together for more than a hundred years.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy about 5 minutes.
Place the top cake layer upside down.
Bake until a skewer inserted in center of a cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached 40 to 45 minutes rotating pans halfway through.
Grasshopper cake courtesy of martha stewart.
1 3 4 cups cake flour not self rising.
Makes one 9 by 5 inch loaf.
Spread a thin dab of buttercream on the center of the board to help your cake layer stay in place.
Let cool completely in pans on a wire rack.
Repeat with remaining cake layers.