Butter Marble Cake

Butter Marble Cake


Butter Marble Cake

Ingredients:
100g butter (room temperature)
80g castor sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 - 1 tsp vanilla essence or 1 tsp rum
2 eggs (room temperature)
2 tbsp milk
100g cake flour
30g corn starch
1 tsp baking powder

10g cocoa powder
5g icing sugar
2 tbsp warm milk

Method:
1. Line a pan with baking paper. Preheat oven to 170C.
2. Sieve cocoa powder and icing sugar, then stir in the milk to get a smooth chocolate paste.
3. Cream butter, sugar, vanilla essence/rum and salt with electric egg beater till light and fluffy.
4. Beat in the eggs one at a time till well combined.
5. Stir in the milk.
6. Cream in the sieved flour mixture (cake flour, corn starch and baking powder) till smooth and well combined. use electric egg beater at lowest speed to do this part.
7. Divide batter into 2 portions and stir the chocolate paste into one of the portion.
8. Spoon the butter batter and chocolate batter alternatively into the pan and bake at 170C for 40 - 50 minutes or till cooked.