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Marble Cake

Marble cake brings many nostalgic memories of my childhood. The "Best Bakers" a bakery in Kottayam bakes one of the best marble cakes. Did you know that marble cake tastes more delicious when dipped in coffee!!! I am not kidding, just try it out.



So, I baked a marble cake for the Easter. Every time I bake a cake, something or the other goes wrong. Nevertheless to say, the same happened when preparing the marble cake. Everything was fine till the last mixing part,where you need to create the marble effect. When mixing, you need to do it slowly. I was a bit fast and overdid the mixing. Luckily it didn't turn out to be a chocolate cake.


Marble Cake
Recipe Source: Divya's Easycooking

Ingredients:
Butter - 2/3 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Eggs - 2
Maida - 1 1/4 cup
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Cocoa powder - 4 tbsp
Curds - 1 cup
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Method:
  • Mix butter and sugar well until they are fluffy.
  • Add eggs one by one and mix well.
  • Mix vanilla essence and curds to this mixture.
  • Sift together maida, baking powder and baking soda.
  • Add the flour mix, 1 tbsp at a time to the wet ingredients and mix well till you get a smooth batter.
  • Now divide the batter into two equal portions and blend cocoa powder into one. Pour alternate spoonfuls of batter into a greased cake tin.
  • Slowly run a knife or fork through the tin to create the marble effect.
  • Preheat the oven to 180 C and bake for 35-40 mins or till a knife inserted comes out clean.
  • If using a microwave oven, then microwave the same at 80% power for 8-10 mins.

 

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