Marble Cake
Two batters, chocolate and vanilla, swirled together just enough to marble but not so much that they blur — that is the whole trick to a marble cake. Both start from Pillsbury Moist Supreme Cake Mix Golden Vanilla, from the Pillsbury range we supply. It bakes soft and fluffy with a light, buttery taste, and gets you a homemade-tasting cake for very little effort.
Ingredients List
- 1 packet Pillsbury Moist Supreme Cake Mix Golden Vanilla (485g)
- 1 cup + 3 tbsp full cream milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp vanilla essence
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tsp softened unsalted butter (to grease the loaf pan)
Step-by-Step Method
- 1
Into a large bowl, add in 1 packet Pillsbury Moist Supreme Cake Mix Golden Vanilla, 1 cup + 3 tbsp full cream milk, 1/3 cup oil and 2 eggs. Stir the ingredients using a spatula until just mixed. Then, using a hand-held electric mixer, mix it all together on low speed for about 30 seconds or until fully combined.
- 2
Pour half of the cake batter into another bowl. Into one batter, add in ½ tsp vanilla essence and mix using a hand-held electric mixer at low speed for 10 seconds or until combined. Set aside.
- 3
Into the other batter, add in 4 tbsp cocoa powder. First, stir it in using a spatula, then mix more thoroughly using a hand-held electric mixer for 30 seconds or until fully combined. At this point, this batter will become a dark chocolate colour and will be thicker compared to the vanilla batter. Set aside.
- 4
Preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes.
- 5
To prepare your loaf pan (ours was 9.5 x 5.5 inches), brush 2 tsp softened unsalted butter on the inside of the loaf pan. Make sure to brush the sides as well.
- 6
Into the greased loaf pan, scoop the batter in a chess-like pattern. To do this, first pour ¼ cup of the chocolate batter into a corner of the loaf pan, starting from the shorter side. Then, pour ¼ cup vanilla batter next to it, followed by another ¼ cup chocolate batter. Do this alternatively to continue the chess pattern, until the bottom of the loaf pan is covered.
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Next, create another layer of batters, but over the opposite colour (pouring ¼ cup vanilla batter on top of each chocolate batter part and ¼ cup chocolate batter on top of each vanilla batter part). Repeat until you run out of both cake batters.
- 8
Then, using a wooden skewer, swirl through the cake batter, back and forth from both sides, creating a marbled effect without mixing the batters all the way through. This will give it a beautiful swirly pattern on top.
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Bake the cake at 180 degrees Celsius for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
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Once baked, remove the tray from the oven, then carefully take the cake out of the loaf pan. Transfer it to a cutting board or a large plate and let it cool down for 20 minutes at room temperature.
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Slice up the marble cake and serve. Enjoy!
