Preheat oven to 180 c gas mark 4.
Marble sponge cake ingredients.
In a small saucepan melt unsweetened chocolate over low heat.
Place flour baking powder salt sugar butter eggs vanilla and milk into mixing bowl.
Try to create the lines using one continuous motion going up and down and then side to side.
Add 1 4 cup sugar and hot water.
Beat slowly to moisten then beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for about 2 minutes until smooth.
Reserve 175ml of the cake mixture.
After 45 minutes of baking stick a needle into the cake.
Cream the butter and sugar with an electric whisk in a large mixing bowl until very pale and.
Grease and flour a 23cm round cake tin.
Ingredients for the marble cake.
Repeat with remaining cake layers.
Let eggs stand separated at room temperature for 30 minutes.
225 grams unsalted butter softened 225 grams caster sugar 4 medium free range eggs 225 grams self raising flour sifted 1tsp vanilla extract flavouring 3 tbsp skimmed milk 2 tbsp bournville coco powder for the buttercream.
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Pour the remainder into tin.
Mix well and set aside.
Then pop the layers into the preheated oven for 34 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Grease and line a 900g 2lb loaf tin or 20cm 8in round tin.
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It is baked when no batter clings to the needle once you take it out.
Create a distinct swirled pattern in bakes with our marble cake recipes also sometimes called zebra cakes.
225 grams icing sugar 100 grams unsalted butter very soft 1tsp vanilla flavouring.
Preheat the oven to 180c 160c fan gas 4.
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