Marble Butter Cake

This is an easy to bake marble butter cake from Florence which I have bookmarked to do for Bake Along Theme - Marbled Butter Cake but didn't managed to do.

The cake is very fragrant especially with the rum, cocoa powder and orange zest which is added.

Recipe Source - Do What I like
Ingredients
[use a 8" x 4" loaf pan]
100 gm butter - room temperature
80 gm castor sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 - 1 tsp vanilla essence or 1 tsp rum
2 tsp orange zest for tangy flavour [optional]
2 eggs - room temperature
2 tbsp milk
100 gm cake flour
30 gm corn starch
1 tsp baking powder

10 gm cocoa powder

5 gm icing sugar

2 tbsp warm milk

1. Line a loaf pan with baking paper [I used a non stick baking pan].  Preheat oven to 170 degrees C.
2. Sieve cocoa powder and icing sugar, then stir in the milk to get a smooth chocolate paste.  Set aside.
3. Cream butter, sugar, vanilla essence/rum and salt with electric egg beater till light and fluffy.
4. Beat in the eggs one at a time till well combined. 
    Stir in the milk.
5. Cream in the sieved flour mixture (cake flour, corn starch and baking powder) till smooth and well combined. I use my electric egg beater at lowest speed to do this part.
6. Divide batter into 2 portions and stir the chocolate paste into one of the portion.
7. Spoon the butter batter and chocolate batter alternatively into the loaf pan
8. Bake at 170 degrees C for 40- 45 minutes or till cooked.
9. Remove cake to cool on wire rack.
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

This post is linked to the event, Little Thumbs Up organised by Bake for Happy Kids and My Little Favourite DIY, and hosted by Diana from the Domestic Goddess Wannabe