Marble cake
Kurry Leaves recipe - American
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 45 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 200 gms All purpose flour ((1 and 1/3 cup ,without sifting))
- 1 and 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1 pinch Salt
- 200 gms Unsalted butter
- 200 gms Powdered sugar
- 1 and 1/2 tsp Pure vanilla extract
- 4 medium eggs (at room temperature)
- 3 to 4 tbsp Luke warm milk
- 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 180 deg C.Line a 9" pan with parchment paper and set aside.Sift together all purpose flour,baking powder and salt few times.Keep aside until required.Now place the butter into a large mixing bowl.
- 2
Add the powdered sugar and whisk for few minutes until light and fluffy.Scrape the sides of the bowl,in between.Next add the vanilla and mix well.
- 3
Crack the eggs open and pour the yolks and whites into a bowl.Add one egg at a time into the butter-sugar mixture and whisk well,until combined.Scrape the side of the bowl before adding each egg.
- 4
Now sieve in 1/3 rd of the flour mixture and gently fold in until combined.
- 5
Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix in the remaining flour mixture in 2 batches.Do not over mix.
- 6
Once the flour is well combined add the milk 1 tbsp at a time.Mix gently to form a smooth and creamy batter.
- 7
Transfer 1/3 rd of the batter into another bowl.Add the cocoa powder to this and mix well until combined.
- 8
Transfer the vanilla cake batter into the prepared cake tin.Add dollops of the chocolate cake batter on top.
- 9
Using a skewer or a fork swirl the chocolate batter into the vanilla.Gently tap the cake tin 1 or 2 times to remove any air bubbles.Bake for about 40 to 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes.Remove the cake from the pan,peel off the parchment paper and cool completely.