Marble Cake

Marble Cake

I had a cousin over the other day and she wanted me to bake something for her. So i thought Marble Cake as i did not want to go down to buy some chocolate. So with the cocoa powder and all the other ingredients that i had at hand, i stepped into my playground. It has been a long time since i stepped into my kitchen given the circumstances of my work. Oh god i really miss baking.. i can barely even describe the feeling of measuring things and beating and mixing and watching the various reactions that take place. After about two hours the cake was ready and there was a wonderful tea time treat for everybody.. especially my cousin...

My Marble Cake

Ingredients

250g self raising flour
250 g softened salted butter
250g caster sugar
250g (about 4 to 5) eggs at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 Tbs dutch-processed cocoa powder
a little milk
1 Tbs condensed milk (optional)

Beat the butter until light and creamy. Then slowly add sugar and beat until pale. Try to use caster sugar as it is finer and thus more easily dissolved into the batter.

Add the eggs one at the time and beat until well incorporated. Then add in the vanilla essence.

Using a spatula or a wooden spoon add in the sifted flour. The batter will be thick and so to loosen it up add a little milk.. say two tablespoons or so.

Add the condensed milk, i think it just gives the cake an extra edge.

Now divide the batter into three parts. Combine two parts and that will be the white of the cake. With the third part add in the sifted cocoa powder and mix well.

In a lined cake tin, take a dollop of white batter and drop in the middle. Then take a dollop of cocoa batter and drop it smack in the middle of the white puddle and tap your spoon all the way down till it hits the tin 'poing'. Then take a dollop of white batter and drop it in the middle sinking your spoon to hit the tin again.

Repeat until all the batter is used up. The end product should look like a mound of bulls eye. You don't have to smoothen the batter as it will heat up in the oven and level itself.

Bake it in a moderate oven (180 Degree Celsius) for 40 to 45 mins.