Marble Cake~

A second special for the 4 division meeting tea session, just fresh from the oven this morning. Do you know what this is? Make a guess! And the answer is...

~*Marble Cake*~

Butter cake with chocolate swirls~

(Thank goodness, most of them liked it... phew~)

Recipe (Adapted from All recipes - Marble Cake 1)

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup Butter (room temperature)
• 3/4 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Lemon essence/extract
• 2 medium Eggs
• 2 Cup Plain flour
• 3/4 tsp Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate soda
• 2 Tbs Cocoa powder (unsweetened)

Method

1. Preheat oven at 170 degree celsius.
2. Cream the butter, sugar and salt with a hand mixer till creamy. Add in the eggs and lemon extract and whisk for another 2 minutes at medium speed.
3. Sift in the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate soda and mix well with a hand whisk.
4. Set aside 3/4 cup of the batter and pour the rest into a 9 inch baking tin lined with baking paper.
5. Sift in the cocoa powder into the batter and mix well with a spoon.
6. Drop spoonfuls of the cocoa batter into plain batter and swirl the batter with a knife to create the chocolate marble effect.
7. Bake at 170 degree celsius for 30 minutes.
8. Allow cake to cool before serving. Enjoy!