Honey , Chocolate and Golden Marble Cakes

This cake is very attractive as well as being delicious. This recipe makes two large cakes (or several small cakes). These freeze well.

• Ready In: 1 hr 35 mins
• Yields: 2 cakes

Ingredients

• Yellow cake batter

• 1 1⁄4 cups  vegetable oil
• 2 1⁄2 cups white sugar
• 6  eggs
• 2  teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  orange oil (optional)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 4  cups all-purpose flour
• 4  teaspoons baking powder
• 1  cup milk or 1  cup water or 1  cup  orange juice

• Chocolate batter

• 1  cup  vegetable oil (melted and cooled) or 1  cup unsalted butter (melted and cooled)
• 1 2⁄3 cups granulated sugar
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 3  eggs
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 3⁄4 cup  cocoa
• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 3⁄4 cups brewed coffee (warm)

• Honey cake batter

• 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 4  teaspoons cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  clove powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1  cup  vegetable oil
• 1  cup honey
• 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 4  eggs
• 1  cup  strong tea
• 1⁄2 cup  orange juice
•  coarse sugar (to garnish) or  granulated sugar (to garnish)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F Generously spray two 9 or 10-inch angel food cake pans with non stick cooking spray.
2. For all batters, use a food processor.
3. Mix ingredients for each cake in order given.
4. If you start with the yellow batter you don't have to clean the processor in-between.
5. Pour each batter into its own bowl.
6. Once batters are ready, layer in pans.
7. Start with one third of each: honey, then yellow, then chocolate batters.
8. There is no need to marbleiz.
9. This will happen during baking.
10. Dust with sugar before baking.
11. Bake 65 to 75 minutes.
12. Cool well.