Marble Cake - Marmorkage
- 250 grams butter
- 250 grams sugar
- 4 pieces eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or the seed from 1 vanilla bean pod
- 250 grams all-purpose flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 50 milliliters milk
- 2.5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon cold espresso or another strong coffee
- Preheat the oven for 355F (180C).
- Butter a 43/4x9" (12x23 cm) pan. Line the bottom with some parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugars until very light and fluffy, mix in the vanilla paste. Add the eggs one at a time, and mix just until fully incorporated.
- Sift flour and baking powder in a bowl.
- Fold in alternately dry ingredients and milk.
- Pour 2/3 of the batter into the prepared pan. Mix in cocoa and coffee in the last third of the batter, and pour it on top of the white in the pan. Using a knife "cut" in a zig-zag and up'n down motion down the pan to create a marbled effect.
- Bake the cake for 45-55 minutes until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Turn out onto a cooling rack and leave to cool.
butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla paste, flour, baking powder, milk, cocoa powder, cold espresso
Taken from food52.com/recipes/35139-marble-cake-marmorkage (may not work)