Marble Cake

Marble Cake This Marble cake was more of a compromise as I mentioned when I shared the Mocha Coffee Cake with Espresso Glaze my friend’s daughter, Savani, loved the cake and wanted me to bake a cake for her. I decided to “#FireUpYourOven" to make the same cake.

Disaster struck in the form of “NO COFFEE”!

Being Dhulivandan or Rang Panchmi the day we play colours, all the shops were closed. That is when I decided to make a Marble cake.

A slight change in the ingredients and method gave me such a delicious and soft rich marble cake quite unlike the once I have eaten in the past.

Made me wonder why on earth I used to think that making a Marble Cake is beyond my capabilities.

This last month has been a wonderful journey with my friends, who like me have been preparing for this beautiful Mega Marathon that we have had. With a heavy heart I bid adieu to this series only to be back with more delicious bakes that I will make from my friends blogs. For if I thought I will shrink the size of my bookmark list I am mistaken its grown by leaps and bounds!

Ingredients:

2 cups Maida/APF
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
12 tblspn butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup sour cream
1 ½ cup milk
2 tblspn cocoa dissolved in 1 ½ tblspn hot water

Method:

Grease an 8 inch pan.
Preheat oven to 350⁰F/180°C.
Sift flour, baking powder, and soda, salt.
Combine butter and sugar at medium speed till pale and fluffy.
Add the sour cream and beat well.
Add 1 egg at a time and beat after each addition.
Add vanilla essence.
Add the flour alternating with milk the last addition should be flour.
Divide the flour in 2 parts.
In one add cocoa mixture and mix well.
The third will remain as vanilla.
In the pan add vanilla batter the add chocolate next and with a knife mix the batter.
Bang the pan on the counter 3-4 times to settle the batter.
Bake for 45 minutes or till a skewer inserted in the cake come out clean.
Transfer the mould to a wire rack for 10 minutes then unmould and cool.