This is one interesting cake to bake.....love the stripes and believe me its not difficult as it may look. You actually don't have to make two separate batters! just make one with vanilla and equally divide it in separate bowls. Add dark cocoa powder to the second bowl and alternatively spoon the batter in the baking dish......and here you go, you have nice Zebra pattern.
This my entry to the Click event
Ingredients:
All purpose flour [Maida]- 2 cups
Dark Cocoa powder - 2 Tbsp [I used dutch processed Hershey's cocoa powder]
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp [or more, depends on your vanilla. Mine isn't strong, I end up adding more]
White sugar - 1 cup
Canola oil - 1 cup
Eggs - 3 [room temperature]
Whole Milk - 1 cup [room temperature][low fat should work too]
Baking powder - 1 tbsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Method:
Sift All purpose flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and keep it aside
Grease bottom and sides of 8x8 inch pan [you may want to line the pan with greased parchment paper ]
Pre heat oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit
In a large bowl mix sugar and eggs until they are creamy [I prefer using glass bowl for mixing eggs. Egg ingredients tend to react with plastic bowls]
Add milk, oil and vanilla essence and mix it nicely
Now gently add flour to the wet ingredients and gently beat the mixture to mix the ingredients [Don't over mix]
Divide the batter into two equal portions in separate bowls. To one of the bowls add dark cocoa powder and mix well with a ladle
Assembling the cake:
Pour 2-3 tbsp Vanilla batter in the center and and let it spread it on its own. Now put 2-3 tbsp cocoa batter on top of vanilla, it will push the vanilla batter.
Continue this step by alternating the batter until you finish them.
Do not disturb the batter and gently place it in the oven
Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the cake is light golden and the tooth pick inserted comes out clean
Cool the cake in the pan for 15-20 minutes. Run a knife around the pan to loosen the sides of the cake and invert onto a baking rack. Invert the cake and let it completely cool before slicing
Recipe source: Farida's Cookbook and Baking Bites
This my entry to the Click event
Ingredients:
All purpose flour [Maida]- 2 cups
Dark Cocoa powder - 2 Tbsp [I used dutch processed Hershey's cocoa powder]
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp [or more, depends on your vanilla. Mine isn't strong, I end up adding more]
White sugar - 1 cup
Canola oil - 1 cup
Eggs - 3 [room temperature]
Whole Milk - 1 cup [room temperature][low fat should work too]
Baking powder - 1 tbsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Method:
Sift All purpose flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and keep it aside
Grease bottom and sides of 8x8 inch pan [you may want to line the pan with greased parchment paper ]
Pre heat oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit
In a large bowl mix sugar and eggs until they are creamy [I prefer using glass bowl for mixing eggs. Egg ingredients tend to react with plastic bowls]
Add milk, oil and vanilla essence and mix it nicely
Now gently add flour to the wet ingredients and gently beat the mixture to mix the ingredients [Don't over mix]
Divide the batter into two equal portions in separate bowls. To one of the bowls add dark cocoa powder and mix well with a ladle
Assembling the cake:
Pour 2-3 tbsp Vanilla batter in the center and and let it spread it on its own. Now put 2-3 tbsp cocoa batter on top of vanilla, it will push the vanilla batter.
Continue this step by alternating the batter until you finish them.
Do not disturb the batter and gently place it in the oven
Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the cake is light golden and the tooth pick inserted comes out clean
Cool the cake in the pan for 15-20 minutes. Run a knife around the pan to loosen the sides of the cake and invert onto a baking rack. Invert the cake and let it completely cool before slicing
Recipe source: Farida's Cookbook and Baking Bites
Comments
looks perfect!!!
Wow!u've really got a wonderful looking zebra stripes on the cake :) it makes a pretty picture :)
TC
Thx for remembering me dear :) Lately, I have been little busy with my kiddoooo....
have also tried ur carrot cake...everyone at my place loved it!!!!!!!!!!....Good job...