Yesterday My daughter came to visit and she was asking questions about cooking and one question was do you remember the first cake you ever made and I couldn't remember if it was a Marble cake or butterfly cakes.

Did you ever make a Marble cake ?

This recipe is from Taste and is exactly the one I used to and still do make. There are many variations including a vanilla cake with swirls of chocolate


Ingredients

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  200g butter, softened
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  1 1/2 cups caster sugar
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  1 tsp vanilla essence
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  3 eggs
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  2 cups self-raising flour
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  3/4 cup milk
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  Rose pink food colouring
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  2 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted

• Icing​

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  125g butter, softened
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  1 tsp vanilla essence
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  1 1/2 cups icing sugar mixture
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  Rose pink food colouring

METHOD

Step 1
Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Grease a 6cm-deep, 19cm square cake pan. Line base and sides with baking paper.

• Step 2
  Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fl uffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in flour and milk, in 2 batches, until combined. Divide mixture evenly among 3 bowls.
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  Step 3
  Tint 1 portion of mixture pink. Add cocoa to 1 remaining portion, stirring to combine. Keep remaining mixture plain. Spoon mixtures, 1 tablespoon at a time, alternately into prepared pan. Run a butter knife back and forth through mixture to create a marbled effect. Level top with a spatula.
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  Step 4
  Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into centre of cake comes out clean. Stand in pan for 5 minutes. Turn, top-side up, onto a baking paper-lined wire rack to cool completely.
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  Step 5
  Make icing Using electric mixer, beat butter and vanilla for 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar until well combined. Tint pink with food colouring. Spread icing over top of cake. Serve.