Marble cake
Ingredients
- Butter 180 gm
- Vanilla essence 1 tsp
- Sugar ¾ cups
- Eggs 3
- Self raising flour 1 ½ cup
- Milk ½ cup
- Pink color few drops
- Cocoa powder 2 tbsp mixed with 2 tbsp milk
Ingredients for strawberry butter cream
- Butter 4 ounces
- Icing sugar 1 cup heaped
- Milk 1 to 2 tbsp
- Pink food color 2 drops
- Strawberry essence ½ tsp
Method for cake
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Lightly grease an 8 inch ring cake pan, cover base with paper and
grease paper. Beat the butter, caster sugar and essence together until
light and fluffy. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well. Fold in
sifted flour and milk in 2 batches. Divide the mixture evenly between 3
bowls. Add pink food color in 1 bowl, mix well, stir cocoa mixture into
another bowl, and mix well. Drop spoonfuls of each mixture into prepared
pan, run a knife through cake mixture for a marble effect. Bake for 40
minutes on 180 degree C, and once baked, remove on to a wire rack to
cool.
For icing
- Beat butter and icing sugar till creamy. Add milk, mix well, and divide the mixture between 2 bowls. Use pink color in 1 bowl, and drop alternate spoonfuls of pink and white icing on top of the cooled cake. Using a palette knife, swirl the icing to give a marble effect.
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