Marble Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 180 g butter
• 180 g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 250 g self-raising flour
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 3 drops red food coloring
• 80 ml water
• 25 g caster sugar
• 225 g icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180° celcius.
• 2 grease 20cm fluted ring/ or round cake tin. dust with flour.
• 3 beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• 4 add eggs one at a time.
• 5 mix until creamy.
• 6 mix in flour alternating with milk and vanilla essence slowly, mixing after each addition.
• 7 divide mixture into three.
• 8 mix cocoa powder into one third.
• 9 red food colouring into another third.
• 10 place alternating spoonfuls of the three mixtures into cake tin.
• 11 level surface and bake for 40 -50 minutes until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• 12 slightly cool cake and when still warm pour icing over.
• 13 to make the icing:.
• 14 heat water with caster sugar until dissolved. place icing sugar and syrup into a bowl and beat until smooth.