Siri's Kitchen: Marble Cake

Friday, June 6, 2014

Marble Cake

3 layer marble cake Recipe
Preparation Time : 30 min
Cooking Time : 50-60 min
Yield :6-8 people
Ingredients:
Butter -1/2 cup Room temperature
All purpose flour/Maida -2 cups
Baking powder - 2 tspn
Sugar -1 cup
Eggs -4
Vanilla essence -2 tspn
Butter milk - 2/3 cup
Cocoa Powder -1/4 cup
Strawberries -4 Blend it into a fine paste
For chocolate frosting
Semi sweet chocolate chips - 3/4 cup
Butter -1 tspn
Directions:
First preheat the oven 350 degrees Fahrenheit.Apply butter to the pan and put it a side.Take a bowl and mix all purpose flour and baking powder and put a side.Take a big mixing bowl and add butter and sugar.Next beat this mixture with electric mixer until it is fluffy and soft.Add one egg at a time and continuously beat after each addition.Add vanilla essence and beat again.Next add butter milk and beat with electric mixer.Then,add flour and mix well until flour is incorporated. Separate the batter into 3 batches.Take a bowl and cocoa powder and warm water and mix with the spoon until smooth.Add the one batch of batter and mix very well. Chocolate batter is ready.Take another batch and add blended strawberries paste and mix very well.All three colors (Vanilla,chocolate,pink)batter is now ready.Spoon batters into the prepared pan in 3 layers.To creating marbling effect,run a fork through the batters in a swirling motion.Bake the cake for about 50 to 60 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Transfer the cake pan to a cool rack for about 1 to 2 hours.Done.
For chocolate frosting melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave for about 1 minute.Mix in between so,It wont over heat.Done.Decorate with Chocolate frosting or your favorite frosting.Enjoy!!