Marble cake - recipe


Marble cake

  • Prepare

  • Serves
    8

  • Cook

  • Skill
    Easy

4.6

Ingredients

For the chocolate cake

For the vanilla sponge

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  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°C, gas mark 4) and grease a a large loaf tin (2lb).

  2. 2

    Make the chocolate sponge by beating the butter and caster sugar until light and creamy.

    For this step you'll need:

    • 125g Butter (unsalted)
    • 125g Unrefined golden caster sugar
  3. 3

    Add one egg and stir until smooth, do the same with the second egg.

    For this step you'll need:

    • 2 Egg(s) (free range)
  4. 4

    Sieve the flour and the cocoa powder into the mixture, add the milk and beat together until smooth.

    For this step you'll need:

    • 125g Self-raising white flour
    • 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
    • 2 tbsp Milk
  5. 5

    Make the vanilla mixture in a separate bowl using the same method but substituting the cocoa powder for the vanilla extract.

    For this step you'll need:

    • 125g Butter (unsalted)
    • 125g Unrefined golden caster sugar
    • 2 Egg(s) (free range)
    • 125g Self-raising white flour
    • 2 tbsp Milk
    • 1tsp Vanilla extract
  6. 6

    Add some of the chocolate mixture to the tin, followed by the vanilla mixture and then the remaining chocolate mixture and the remaining vanilla mixture. Mix the two mixtures together slightly just so that the mixture is swirled. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

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