Marble cake

How to make Marble cake recipe - Preparation time: approx. 30 minutes (plus baking and cooling time)

Makes 15 slices

For the cake mix
300 g softened butter
300 g sugar
1 sachet vanilla sugar
pinch of salt
5 eggs
300 g flour (type 405)
1 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp icing sugar
50 ml milk

Additionally
butter and flour for the cake tin
icing sugar for dusting

Method:
Grease a ring mould (26 cm diameter) and dust with flour. Pre-heat the oven to 200 °C (Gas Mark 6).

Put the butter, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt into a deep mixing bowl and beat until frothy with the whisk of a hand mixer. Then gradually add the eggs. Mix the flour and the baking powder in a bowl and sieve into the butter and egg mixture. Swiftly blend together with a wooden spoon.

Turn two-thirds of the cake mixture into the baking tin. Mix the cocoa, icing sugar and milk and add to the lighter mixture. With a fork, make large spiral movements at regular intervals from top to bottom through the cake mixture to slightly merge both colours.

Bake the cake on the middle shelf for approx. 45 minutes. Take out of the oven and leave to cool for 10 minutes in the baking tin. Then turn out onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar just before serving.

Marble cake