Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Coconut-Milk-Chocolate Marble Cake
August 25, 2026 at 7:50 pm | Posted in BWD, cakes & tortes, groups, simple cakes, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 6 CommentsTags: cake, baking
There are I few “easy” pastry skills that I have yet to master. Marbling is one of them. I’m not mad at the way my Coconut-Milk-Chocolate Marble Cake looks, but you can see on the inside that it is more chunked than marbled. I guess that just means I get nice big pops of each flavor.
This loaf has one yellow cake batter taken two different ways: a chocolate way and a coconut way. I did a little tinkering with each to boost the flavors. I replaced a couple of tablespoons of butter in the cake batter with coconut oil. I mixed dark chocolate instead of milk into the chocolate half. I dripped some coconut extract into the other half and toasted the shredded coconut. I scooped alternating bloops of each flavor into my loaf pan and marbled (but not really, apparently) the whole thing. This is a nice moist cake with a favorite flavor combo.
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Marbling is always a surprise, but that’s part of the fun. Your cake sounds like it had intense flavors.
Comment by Judy— August 25, 2026 #
Lovely. My mom used to like making marble cakes when she had time to fuss on the weekends.
Comment by ✒️🥣Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen— August 26, 2026 #
So I don’t think you are lacking in any skill..on any bake haha! Personally I like the way yours turned out and would think you could taste the flavors better than in small swirls. I also think your additions for flavor probably added so much to this cake!! Good thinking!
Comment by isthisakeeper— August 26, 2026 #
Is there a wrong way to marble a cake? I don’t think so. Yours came out perfect. I love all your fancy additions, I will have to keep those in mind.
Comment by Diane Zwang— August 28, 2026 #
Your modifications sound perfect! We loved this but there was definitely potential for more flavour (i.e. coconut and chocolate flavours). Your non-marbling is so pretty!
Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— August 30, 2026 #
thank you!!
Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— August 30, 2026 #