Shajini Samayal...: Marble Cake

Hello All....a few days back, i baked a marble cake for my sweet daughter and it was so yummy yummy!!! She loved it ...ya ya ..I can hear you saying " We should be saying that !!! " Ok fine here s the recipe. Try it and let me know how was the cake ...

So here's what u'll need for making Marble Cake:

Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour - 2 cups
Butter 200 grams or 1 stick
Powdered Sugar - 2 and 1/4 cups
Egg - 2 or 3
Salt - 1 pinch
Baking Powder - 1 tbsp
Baking Soda - 1/2 tbsp
Cocoa powder ( 4 to 5 tbsps)
vanilla essence - few drops
milk - 1 Cup( optional)
Sour creme - optional

Fo the Cake:

In a Bowl, put the butter and beat it nicelyYou can either use an electric mixer or hand mix it with a spatula. Beat it till it is soft and creamy.

Then add powdered sugar and blend it nicely. Set it aside.

Now seperate the egg yoke from egg white in two seperate bowls. Beat the egg white till they are very very fluffy. The Fluffier the egg white , softer the cake becomes. ( secret tip for making soft cakes....hmmm ) Also beat the egg yoke and keep aside.

Seive the flour along with baking powder and baking soda and keep aside.

Now, To the butter mix, add one spoon flour mix and then add one spoon egg mix.

Keep adding flour and egg in alternating fashion.

Remember to mix the batter only in One direction... this will prevent lumps from forming.

Once everything is mixed, add required amount milk to bring the batter to the required consistency. Not very thick and not thin too. Milk gives a good flavour and texture to the cake too. However, adding milk is optional.

You can also add lil sour creme. This also gives a good flavour to the cake.

Add Vanilla essence to the batter.Mean while, prehaet your oven for atleast 15 mins at 400degree F.

Now, In another bowl place half the batter and add cocoa powder to the batter in one bowl. If you want more chocolate, add more cocoa powder ( not much to make it sour though)...

Now you have two bowls, one with basic cake batter and another with the chocolate cake batter. Apply some butter to the vessel in which you are going to bake the cake and place a baking sheet to prevent the cake from sticking to the bottom.

Pour lil of the basic cake batter and lil of the chocolate cake batter, side by side. Like one spoon of basic cake batter and then one spoon of chocolate cake batter. Make sure the batter does nt get mixed.

Place then in alternating fashion. Once done, using a fork, swirl around from one side of the other, only in one direction. ( only once) .

Bake the cake in the oven for around 40 to 45 mins. To check if the cake is baked, use a chop stick or any other stick or knife and pierce in the centre of the cake. If the stick/ knife comes out clean and clear your cake is ready ...:)

Remove the cake from the oven and give it a standing time of 10 mins. Your yummy marble cake is now ready to be enjoyed and relished !!! ...Enjoy your cake and do let me know your comments!!!Ill make sure i post some pics of the cakes next time i bake....