Vanilla-Chocolate Marble Cake

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

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