Marble Butter Cake
Makes an 8 inch round cake
Ingredients
- 250 g unsalted butter room temperature (1 cup + 2 tbsp)
- 180 g caster sugar about 3/4 cup
- 4 eggs large or A
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 230 g plain or cake flour sifted (1 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp)
- 1 and 1/2tsp baking powder sifted
- 1/4 cup milk 4 tbsp
Cocoa paste
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp espresso coffee powder optional
- 1 tbsp heated milk
Instructions
Chocolate Paste
- Mix everything together until combined.
Cake
- Preheat oven to 170C.
- Grease and line baking tin.
- Beat butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla in mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add one egg at a time, and allow to beat until combined before adding the next.
- Increase speed to high, and beat for 1 minute.
- Sift flour and baking powder together.
- Alternately beat in milk and flour, until just combined.
- Remove 250g of plain batter in another clean mixing bowl, then fold in cocoa paste.
- Spoon the two batters alternately into the middle of the prepared baking tin.
- Tap the pan on countertop a few times to remove any trapped air bubbles.
- Bake on middle rack, at preheated oven at 170c for 50-55mins or until a skewer inserted come out clean.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes in pan before de-moulding.
- Cool completely before slicing.
Notes
Adapted from nasilemaklover