Delicious marble cake
40 min
This is a super fast and easy marble cake recipe to make at home. Dust the cooled cake with icing sugar and enjoy with a cuppa.
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Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 100g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 100g icing sugar
- 100g butter
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:40min
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
- Sieve flour and baking powder together thrice.
- Beat icing sugar and butter till light and fluffy. Add egg yolks and vanilla and beat till smooth.
- Beat the egg whites with a clean whisk, then add to the butter mixture. Gently fold in the sieved flour and baking powder.
- Separate half of the mixture, placing in another bowl. Add the cocoa to one mixture, folding in till well incorporated.
- Grease a sandwich tin with butter and dust with flour. Add the vanilla cake mixture, then the cocoa mixture. Use a knife and swirl it through the mixtures to create a marbled effect.
- Bake cake for 20 minutes, or till a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
