marble cake

noun

: a cake made with light and dark batter so as to have a mottled appearance

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All the delicious classic marble cake flavor packed into loaf size. Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026 Le Comptoir Woodward on Rue Neuve-du-Molard is run by the pastry chef at the Woodward Hotel and is the top spot for Pain Suisse and marble cake. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026 Even the marble cake, split into four pieces, comes together to form the LV emblem. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025 Pair up: Use on yellow cake, marble cake, chocolate cake and more. Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024 Must-try favorites include the melt-in-your-mouth Basque cheesecake, a vanilla-chocolate marble cake topped with Ferrero Rocher icing, and the black sesame cookie. Jade Simon, Vogue, 20 June 2024 The cute confection was a mini marble cake topped with rainbow sprinkles and white candles. People Staff, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023 Having chosen those, the designer directs the program to create structures that look like marble cake, a multicolored swirl of substances combined into a single material that gives in the right places and holds steady in others. Annalee Newitz, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2013

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of marble cake was in 1859

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“Marble cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marble%20cake. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.

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