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Classic Marble Cake

Classic Marble cake

Shilpa
A perfect companion for your tea/coffee. Rich and tender classic marble cake with prominent flavours of vanilla and chocolate.
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Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 110 g Butter (room temperature, unsalted) ½ cup
  • 90 g Sugar(granulated) 5½ tbsp
  • 97 g All-purpose flour 8¾ tbsp
  • 21 g Cornflour 3 tbsp
  • 2 Eggs (room temperature) large size
  • ½ tsp Baking powder
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 32 g Milk (room temperature) 3 tbsp
  • 16 g Milk (lukewarm) 2 tbsp
  • 8 g Cocoa powder 1½ tbsp

Instructions
 

  • 1. Heat oven to 180℃/350℉. Grease a 20 cm loaf pan with oil/butter and line the bottom with parchment/butter paper.
  • 2. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar together till smooth and light.
  • 3. Add vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat till fluffy and pale. Add milk and mix until creamy and smooth.
  • 4. Sift in flour, cornflour, baking powder, and salt. Mix till just combined.
  • 5. In another bowl mix cocoa powder and lukewarm milk till well combined. In to this add ¼ part of vanilla batter. Mix till a smooth batter is achieved.
  • 6. Alternately fill the loaf pan with vanilla and chocolate batter. Tap the bottom of the loaf pan on your work surface to ensure that there aren’t any air bubbles.
  • 7. Take a skewer and swirl it around the mixture in the tin a few times to create a marbled effect.
  • 8. Bake the cake for 45-50 mins until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn out onto a wire rack after 5-10 minutes and leave to cool. 

Notes

  1. Room temperature ingredients- For proper mixing baking it is necessary that the butter and eggs are at room temperature.
  2. Do not over-swirl- To ensure you have a beautiful marble pattern do not swirl too much.
  3. Proper measurement- Properly measure your ingredients, especially the flour. I recommend a scale but if you don’t have one properly fluff your flour before filling the measuring cup with a spoon.
  4. Do not over-mix- After adding dry ingredients mix only till just combined. Otherwise, our cake can become dry and dense.
  5. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment/butter paper for proper removal.
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