Name: Chocolate Marble Cake with Salted Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 200 g baking liquid (or margarine plus 50ml (1.7 fl oz) milk); 200 g white caster sugar (superfine sugar); 3 medium free range eggs; 200 g white self-raising flour (self rising flour); 1 tbsp cocoa powder (dutch processed); 1 tbsp salted caramel; 150 g cream cheese; 1 tbsp salted caramel (plus extra to drizzle, if you wish); 50 g milk chocolate chips

A light, rich salted caramel chocolate marbled loaf with a creamy, cool cream cheese frosting and chocolate chips. What's not to love?!

Chocolate marble cake with a salted caramel cream cheese frosting, shown drizzled with warmed caramel sauce

A while back, we received a hamper of French treats and amongst them was a little jar of salted caramel - the king of baking treats!

We ummed and ahhed about what to do with it, until we came up with this incredibly delicious, moist and indulgent chocolate marble cake, made with cocoa and salted caramel and topped with salted caramel cream cheese frosting. It's as indulgent as it is delicious.

Here's how to make this chocolate marble cake with salted caramel cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

For the sponge:

200 g (7.05 oz) baking liquid or margarine plus 50ml (1.7 fl oz) milk
200 g (7.05 oz) white caster sugar (superfine sugar)
3 medium free range eggs
200 g (7.05 oz) white self-raising flour (self rising flour)
1 tbsp cocoa powder (dutch processed)
1 tbsp salted caramel

For the topping:

150 g (5.29 oz) cream cheese
1 tbsp salted caramel plus extra to drizzle, if you wish
50 g (1.76 oz) milk chocolate chips

Equipment

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C/355F (160C/320F fan). Beat the sugar and baking liquid / margarine together.

Mixing ingredients for the chocolate marble cake

Mixing sugar and baking liquid in a bowl

Beat in the eggs. If you're using margarine rather than baking liquid, whisk the milk in now too.

Making the cake mix for this chocolate marble cake

Fold in the flour.

Pour half of the mixture into a lined loaf tin.

Pour half the cake mixture into a cake loaf tin

Stir the cocoa and salted caramel into the remaining batter.

Mix cocoa powder and salted caramel into the remaining cake mixture

Chocolate and salted caramel cake mix, to swirl to create a chocolate marble cake

Pour the chocolate batter into the loaf tin.

Pour the chocolate cake mixture into the loaf tin

Swirl gently with a spoon.

Bake for approximately 1 hour until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

Beat the salted caramel into the cream cheese until loosened and well combined.

Salted caramel and cream cheese in a bowl

Salted caramel cream cheese frosting for the chocolate marble cake

Spread over the top of the loaf.

Spread the frosting over the chocolate marble cake

Sprinkle with the chocolate chips.

Use a serrated knife to cut into 2cm slices and serve. Drizzle with warmed caramel, if you wish.

Sliced chocolate marble cake drizzled with warmed salted caramel sauce

What do YOU think of this salted caramel chocolate marble cake? Let me know if you make it - it's so delicious!

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Chocolate Marble Cake with Salted Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

A light, rich salted caramel chocolate marbled crumb with a creamy, cool cream cheese frosting and chocolate chips.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Total Time1 hr 10 mins

Course: cakes and bakes

Cuisine: French

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: 10 slices

Author: Emily Leary