Bake Along #59 Chocolate Marble Cake

A classic marbled cake. At times I can crave for it. So many recipes I want to try. I have tried this, and this, even marbled with Nutella. And I love all three!
Now fourth recipe to put to the test. I want to try the recipe Ju from The Little Teochew shared, originally from BBC Good Food

 

What you need:

 225g butter , softened

225g caster sugar

4 eggs

225g self-raising flour

3 tbsp milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp cocoa powder

Method:

1. Heat oven to 180C. Grease a 20cm cake tin and line the bottom with a circle of greaseproof paper
2. Preparing the batter: By food processor: Put all the ingredients (except the cocoa powder) and whizz for 1-2 mins until smooth. By mixer: Beat the butter and sugar together, then add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Fold through the flour, milk and vanilla extract until the mixture is smooth
3. Divide the mixture between 2 bowls. Stir the cocoa powder into the mixture in one of the bowls. Take 2 spoons and use them to dollop the chocolate and vanilla cake mixes into the tin alternately. When all the mixture has been used up, tap the bottom on your work surface to ensure that there aren’t any air bubbles. Take a skewer and swirl it around the mixture in the tin a few times to create a marbled effect
4. Bake the cake for 45-55 mins until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn out onto a cooling rack and leave to cool

 

This is one typical traditional marble cake. Nice and delicious. Soft but a little dry and rather crumbly. Finer texture would be better, too. If I were to bake using this recipe again, I would replace the cocoa powder with melted dark chocolate. It would be more moist, which I like. Or if cocoa powder was the only option, I would use good one, such as Valrhona to get better color and taste :)

 

I guess the next recipe I'd love to try is another marble cake Ju shared from Life Is Great. It looks so good! :)

Rima from Bisous Á Toi shared marble cake from Tish Boyle and it looks great too!

Oh which one first? Ok, I shall try both :P

 

 

In the meantime, let me have my cuppa with a slice (or two) of this cake :)

 

This post is for Bake Along #59, an event organised by Joyce from Kitchen Flavours, Lena from Frozen Wings and Zoe from Bake For Happy Kids