Name: Marble cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 125 gram softened butter; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 2 eggs; 2 cup self-raising flour, sifted; 1/2 cup warmed milk, plus 2 tablespoons extra; 2 tablespoon cocoa powder; 1/2 teaspoon pink food colouring; Buttercream; 100 gram softened butter; 1 cup icing sugar mixture; 1 tablespoon milk; 1/4 teaspoon pink food colouring; 1/4 teaspoon strawberry essence

Ingredients

125 gram softened butter

3/4 cup caster sugar

2 eggs

2 cup self-raising flour, sifted

1/2 cup warmed milk, plus 2 tablespoons extra

2 tablespoon cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon pink food colouring

Buttercream

100 gram softened butter

1 cup icing sugar mixture

1 tablespoon milk

1/4 teaspoon pink food colouring

1/4 teaspoon strawberry essence

Method

1.Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Lightly grease and line a 20cm round cake pan with baking paper.

2.In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until pale and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

3.Lightly fold flour into creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Divide mixture into three separate bowls.

4.Mix combined cocoa and extra milk into one bowl. Fold food colouring into second bowl. Leave third bowl plain.

5.Drop alternate colours into pan until two-thirds full. Swirl gently with a flat-bladed knife or skewer.

6.Bake 40-45 minutes, until cooked when tested. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

7.To make buttercream, in a small bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and icing sugar together until pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in milk, colouring and essence.

8.Spread over cooled cake.

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