Easy Marble Cake with Oil
Moist marble cake that is lightly sweet and rippling with gentle vanilla and chocolate ribbons
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1+3/4 cup all purpose flour (210g)
- 1+1/2 tsp baking powder (7.5g)
- 1/2 tsp salt (3g)
- 1/2 cup neutral oil (such as corn oil) (112g)
- 1+1/2 cup sugar (300g)
- 4 eggs (53g * 4)
- 1+1/2 tsp vanilla extract (6g)
- 1/2 cup milk (125g)
- 3 tbsp cocoa (sifted) (21 g)
- 1 tbsp milk (15g)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (or 4 oz chocolate) (115g)
- 1/4 cup whipping cream (60g)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 350, grease a nonstick loaf tin (9*5)
- 2
Combine the first three ingredients in a bowl, set aside
- 3
Use a mixing bowl to whip the oil, sugar and eggs together on high speed for about two minutes.
- 4
Add the vanilla, beat for 30 seconds to combine.
- 5
Alternately add the flour and milk to the bowl in two batches and mix until just combined. Do the last little bit with a spatula to avoid over mixing.
- 6
Put a cup of the batter into a small bowl, add the 3 tbsp cocoa and 1 tbsp milk and mix until just combined.
- 7
The batter for this cake is thin, so carefully add it to the loaf pan, alternating between dollops of vanilla and chocolate batter
- 8
Use a long skewer or a knife to swirl the batter together
- 9
Bake for an hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Wait ten minutes and then remove from the pan.
- 10
Heat the cream until simmering, pour over the chocolate and mix well. If it doesn't melt the chocolate after a little stirring then microwave for 20 seconds to help the process along.
- 11
Spread the ganache over the cake and serve.