Vanilla-Chocolate Marble Cake

Name: Vanilla-Chocolate Marble Cake
Yield: Makes 1 Cake
Ingredients: 115 g/4 oz/½ cup margarine or butter; 40 g/1½ oz plain (semisweet) chocolate, in pieces; icing sugar and cocoa powder, for dusting; 50 g/2 oz white chocolate, in pieces; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp vanilla essence (extract); 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 65 g/2½ oz white chocolate, in pieces; 65 g/2½ oz plain chocolate, in pieces; 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup margarine or butter; 175 g/6 oz/⅞ cup caster sugar; 115 g/4 oz/generous ½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups self-raising flour; 125 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup margarine or butter; 125 g/4½ oz/scant ¾ cup caster sugar; 250 g/9 oz/2¼ cups self-raising flour; 2.5 ml/½ tsp vanilla essence; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups self-raising (self-rising) flour; icing (confectioners’) sugar and cocoa powder (unsweetened), for dusting; 40 g/1½ oz white chocolate, in pieces; 50 g/2 oz plain chocolate, in pieces

Preparation info

Makes
1
Cake

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

White and dark chocolate, marbled together, make a cake that tastes as good as it looks. Serve it for tea, or cut it into chunks, mix it with fresh peach slices and add a sprinkling of orange or peach liqueur for an impressive dessert.

Ingredients

Small

115 g/4 oz/½ cup margarine or butter

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Remove the kneading blade from the bread pan, if detachable. Line the base of the pan with baking parchment. Cream the margarine or butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Slowly add the eggs, beating thoroughly. Place half the mixture in another bowl.
Place the white chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir until th