Name: Chocolate Marbled Cake recipe by Ashfin Ali at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Butter 225g; Caster sugar 225g; Eggs 4 beaten; Flour 225g; Baking powder 10g / 2tsp; Salt 1/4 tsp; Ground almonds or cashew nut 50g; Milk 30ml; Dark chocolate 200g; Vanilla Essence 1 tsp; Water 1 tbsp

Ingredients Serving: 5

Butter 225g
Caster sugar 225g
Eggs 4 beaten
Flour 225g
Baking powder 10g / 2tsp
Salt 1/4 tsp
Ground almonds or cashew nut 50g
Milk 30ml
Dark chocolate 200g
Vanilla Essence 1 tsp
Water 1 tbsp

Instructions

Break 50g dark chocolate into a bowl. Add water and vanilla essence.
Place over simmering water. Stir until the chocolate is melted and leave to cool for 10 minutes.
In a medium bowl put the butter, salt and caster sugar and beat together until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Fold the flour sieved with baking powder and the ground nuts and then stir in the milk.
Spoon half the mixture into a mould. Stir the cooled but soft chocolate into the remaining mixture. Spoon over the white cake mix. Draw a knife through the cake mixture in a spiral. Level the surface of the mixture.
Bake at 180 Degree Celsius for about 45 minutes or until a fine skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
To make the Chocolate Frosting: Break 150g of dark chocolate into a bowl. Place over simmering water and stir until the chocolate is melted. Then pour this over the cooled cake working quickly to coat the top and sides. Leave to set for 1 minute.

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