Zebra Cake
This recipe is perfect if you want to wow some guests, or even yourself, with your baking abilities. Zebra cake is created by combining vanilla and chocolate batter in your cake pan to create ‘zebra stripes‘. The best part of this decadent dessert after the moist addictive flavor, is how easy it is to make. You just whip up one quick batter and boom, you’re half way there. Let’s get into it!
Easy For All Bakers
No matter how experienced you are within the science that is baking, this recipe is more than accessible. The visuals of this cake are stunning once it’s sliced into and served up slathered in fudgy frosting. My mouth is watering just typing this out, so let’s quit talking and get baking.
Ingredients In Zebra Cake
Cake batter
Flour – All purpose is all we need for our cake batter. Salt – We all know that our baked goods need salt right? Just checking… Leavening agents – Today we’re using both baking powder and baking soda to get volume and tenderness in our Zebra cake. Sugar – Just plain old granulated works perfectly fine for this recipe. Eggs – The binder in our batter. Milk – Feel free to use any kind of milk you have on hand for this recipe, fat content doesn’t matter. Oil – A light neutral tasting oil is what you’re looking for today, something like canola works well. Vanilla – Both our vanilla and chocolate batter need some vanilla extract, your secret weapon flavor booster. Cocoa powder – Any kind you have on hand, this will go in the second half of our divided batter for those dramatic zebra stripes.
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Cream cheese – Softened at room temperature, use any fat content you’d like. Butter – Unsalted please, also softened at room temperature. Icing sugar – Using this kind of sugar helps us achieve a smooth frosting that binds well. Cocoa powder – We’re looking to achieve a rich fudgy chocolate icing here so go wild. Almond extract – This will give our frosting such an unexpected toasty, almost fruity flavor. Milk – We’re using this to thin out our frosting, add more or less as you see fit but keep in mind the consistency should be thick. Salt – Last but not least, don’t forget your salt!!
How To Make Zebra Cake
Cake
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Tips For Making The Best Zebra Cake
Storing Leftover Zebra Cake
This cake can be stored in the fridge for 3 – 4 days in an airtight container. If you’d like to freeze this recipe, be sure to wrap the cake unfrosted in plastic wrap and aluminum foil and it should last for up to 3 months, make the icing day of and allow the cake to thaw overnight. Enjoy!
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