Swirl Cake

Swirl Cake is a particular kind of cake where two flavors are swirled together to produce marble effect, with the cake also being termed as marble cake at times. Normally light and dark batter is used to generate the marble effect. A marble cake can be something as simple as the vanilla and chocolate cake or strawberry and vanilla cake. This cake can be served during any regular party or celebration.

 

History of Swirl Cake
The first references of the marble cake were made in the last quarter of 19th century. There is also mention regarding the next generation chequered marble cakes called Harlequin cakes. The first generation marble cakes appeared in Victorian age in both England and America. The Victorian American women used molasses, spices, raisins, and currants to produce the dark swirls. The simpler swirl cakes were prepared by burning half of the whole egg batter. With the advent of ambitious recipes of the scene, the marble cakes were prepared with gold and silver effect. The gold and silver batters were used in the preparation of the cake. Along with it came other bicolor cakes too.

 

Swirl Cake Recipe- Popular Variations

  • Strawberry Swirl Cake: Following the popular white and strawberry flavored swirl cake  recipe the ingredients like white cake mix, strawberry flavor gelatin, sour cream, powdered sugar, whipped topping, and sliced strawberries are combined in unique proportions.
  • Cranberry Ice Cream Swirl Cake: This is also one of the popular swirl or marble cake recipes where the ingredients like unsalted butter, chocolate wafers, cranberries, light corn syrup, white sugar, water, vanilla ice cream, pistachio nuts, unsalted butter, salt, heavy cream, confectioners’ sugar and vanilla extract are combined in unique proportions to prepare the cake.
  • Strawberry Chocolate Swirl Cake: This is a popular swirl cake recipe where ingredients like strawberry cake mix, water, eggs, oil, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and chocolate frosting supreme are combined in unique proportions to prepare the cake

 

Health and Nutrition Information of Swirl Cake

  • Strawberry Marble Cake: The strawberry flavored marble cake serves 220 calories with 5.6 grams of fat and 2 mg cholesterol.
  • Cranberry Marble Cake: The cranberry flavored swirl cake serves 364 calories with 21 grams of fat and 66 mg cholesterol.