MARBLE CAKE

Can be used as a base for many recipes like Pound Cake Tiramisu

Recipe Courtesy : Creative cake decorating.com
 Ingredients:

Butter 225 g
Caster sugar 225 g
Self raising flour 225 g
Salt a pinch
Baking powder 3/4 tsp
Eggs 4
Cocoa powder 2 tbsp
Milk 7 tbsp
Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Method:
 
Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius. (If you have 'CAKE' option in your oven, then jst click it)

Mix cocoa powder with half of the milk and leave aside.

In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar till soft and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add salt.

In another separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder and salt 3 times. Fold in the sifted ingredients into the creamed mixture alternately with milk, starting and ending with flour.

Finally add in vanilla essence and combine well. Transfer 1/3 of the batter into a separate bowl and add the cocoa mixture to it. Mix well.

Scoop the plain batter and chocolate batter alternately into a well greased & floured cake tin. It will now look like a chess board. Run a jam knife or skewer through the batter in an 'S' motion to get a marbled effect. Level the top and bake the cake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.

Remove cake from oven and let it cool completely before decorating it.