Chocolate marble cake

🌟 Difficulty	⏱️ Time	🍽️ Serves	🔪 Skill level
★ Easy	55 min	8–10	Beginner

An easy and old-time-classic cake today. I made it for the school of one of my kids to sell and fund their trip. I chose this cake as many people like this cake and it is true that it disappeared immediately.
The best compliment was the one of my kid that when he saw that the cake was sold immediately, said the sweetest thing to my husband : "Mum has something magic in her hands that makes everything that she cooks delicious" .... Am I not lucky with such kids?

Ingredients

• 1 cup (225 g) butter or margarine, softened
• 2 cups (400 g) sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4–5 eggs
• 3½ cups (440 g) self-raising flour
• 1 cup (240 ml) milk (divided)
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1/8 tsp baking soda

Instructions

1. Preheat oven: 180°C (fan). Butter a cake mold (or two small ones).

2. Prepare batter: In a bowl, beat butter, sugar, eggs, flour, vanilla, and ⅔ of the milk for 4–5 minutes until smooth.

3. First layer: Pour ⅔ of the batter into the prepared mold.

4. Chocolate batter: To the remaining batter, add cocoa powder, powdered sugar, baking soda, and the remaining milk. Mix well.

5. Create marble effect: Pour the chocolate batter over the vanilla batter. Use a skewer or knife to swirl gently and create a marble pattern.

6. Bake: Bake for about 40 minutes, or until a knife inserted comes out clean.

7. Cool & serve: Let cool for 10 minutes before unmolding. Optionally dust with powdered sugar.

Tips & Variations

• Do not overmix when swirling to keep a nice marble pattern.
• Perfect for breakfast or tea time.
• Add chocolate chips for extra indulgence.
• Keeps well for 2–3 days in an airtight container.

  

  

Dedicated to a friend Tony, also, that he is German and told me once that I do it exactly as his mother does it and it is also a great compliment for me!