Marble Cake Recipe with Meyer Lemon and Chocolate
This marble cake recipe combines Meyer lemons (a beautifully fragrant cross between regular lemons and oranges) with chocolate. If you can’t find Meyer lemons (when in season, usually available in upscale grocery stores like Whole Foods) feel free to substitute regular lemons or oranges in its place. Adding the cocoa to the boiling water in the recipe “blooms” the chocolate flavor and makes it more pronounced than just adding the cocoa straight into the batter. The touch of instant coffee also helps boosts the chocolate but if you don’t have any on hand and don’t feel like running to the store for it, just leave it out.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 9 of 12 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Syrup | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Coffee | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- zest from 2 Meyer lemons
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup Meyer lemon juice
- 2 1/2 cups (500 g) white granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (50 g) natural cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup golden syrup
- 1/2 cup boiling hot water
- 3 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee
- 1 cup (225 g or 2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 3/4 (385 g) cups all-purpose flour
- 2 to 2 1/2 cups (240-300 g) confectioners’ (powdered) sugar
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste
- 1 cup (120 g) confections’ (powdered) sugar
- 2 tablespoons natural cocoa
- 2 tablespoon whole milk