Marble Butter Cake

 

I really love this cake …. and definitely will be making this again and again ….. Just like Wen, it is now also become one of my favourite butter cake recipe :)



 

Recipe adapted from:  Cooking Crave via Wen’s Delight

Ingredients:
250 gr Butter - Soft

85 gr Caster sugar (I used 100 gr)

1 tsp Vanilla extract

1/8 tsp salt (if prefers less salty just a pinch will do)

4 Egg yolks

1 tbsp Milk

200 gr Plain flour

1 tsp Baking powder

4 Egg whites

85 gr Caster sugar (I used 80 gr) 

1 tbsp Chocolate Powder (optional)
3 tbsp Water (optional)

Method:

- Preheat oven at 160C. Line a 8" Square tin.

- Cream butter, sugar, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy.

- Add in egg yolks one at a time and beat till creamy. Add in milk and mix well.

- Sift in flour and baking powder and mix well. Set aside.

- Whisk egg white and sugar till soft peak in another bowl.

- Fold 1/3 of egg white mixture into butter mixture. Mix well and fold in the rest.
- To make marble look: Mix chocolate powder with water until dillute, add 1-2 Big spoon of butter mixture, mix until incorporated.

- Pour batter into lined baking pan, spread the chocolate batter to make marble look and bake for 40-45 mins or until cooked.

 

 

I am linking this post to Bake Along "Marble Butter Cake" event hosted by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, Joyce of Kitchen Flavours and Lena of Frozen Wings.