A round marble cake with three slices cut out on a cake stand

Marble cake

Name: Marble cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 200g salted butter softened; 200g golden caster sugar; 4 eggs; 200g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 tbsp cocoa powder sieved; 1 tbsp milk; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Anna Glover

Published: May 23, 2023 at 11:08 AM

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Serves 10

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 45 mins

plus cooling

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Marble cakes can be made with many different flavours, but it doesn't get more classic than this chocolate and vanilla marble cake recipe

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Classic marble cake recipe

Ingredients

Nutrition

200g salted butter

softened
200g golden caster sugar
4 eggs
200g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp cocoa powder

sieved
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Nutrition: per serving

kcal343
fat19.4g
saturates11.4g
carbs35.9g
sugars20.3g
fibre1.3g
protein5.5g
salt0.7g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line a 20cm springform cake tin with baking paper.
step 2

Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy, about 3-4 mins. Add the eggs one at a time, beating in between each addition. Fold in the flour and baking powder to make a smooth, thick batter.
step 3

Transfer half the batter to another bowl, mixing the cocoa and milk into one, and the vanilla into another. You should have one dark brown batter and one pale. Spoon alternate dollops of the mixture into the prepped tin, then tap the tin on the worksurface a few times to level out the top. Use a skewer to swirl the batters together in a few places and get the marbled effect. Bake for 45-50 mins or until risen, and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely before cutting into slices.

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