Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Zebra Cake!

The chocolate and vanilla swirl cake. My kids and myself call it zebra cake 😄😄

This recipe is always a hit because of its spongy and airy texture. Alert!! Its too soft!!

Kids will love this for the zebra texture. Whereas the aged ones will cherish the coffee flavor that lingers in the mouth for sometime. Here goes the recipe.


Choco-vanilla swirl cake
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CAKE
DRY INGREDIENTS
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220 gm plain flour/all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder

WET INGREDIENTS
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250gm unsalted butter, room temperature
150gm sugar
4 large eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla
75 ml milk

COCOA MIX
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25gm cocoa powder
50gm sugar
50gm boiling water
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/3 tsp baking soda

STEPS
1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease the square pan in sides and base with butter and wrap with the baking sheet.
2. Make the cocoa paste by mixing the cocoa powder and water. Add sugar and mix until smooth.Add vanilla and baking soda to form the paste.

3. Take the dry ingredients in a bowl and sift them twice.

4. Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add in eggs one by one and beat them until all mixed well. Add in vanilla and the batter should be smooth and creamy.

5. Add half the flour to the batter and beat on low speed. Add milk and beat until all blended. Alternate milk and flour all blend together.

6. Take half the batter and blend with the cocoa paste. Mix evenly.

7. Pour the vanilla batter and cocoa batter alternating and once all added gently tap the pan in the counter to remove any air bubbles.

8.Make swirl/desired shapes with a wooden skewer or knife.


9. Bake for 1 hour in the oven until skewer or knife comes clean.



10. Remove from pan and make pieces once cooled.



Taste the delicious zebra cake / swirl cake / vanilla-choco cake. However you cake the taste is absolute delicious.





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