Marble Cake

This is one of our favorite cakes here at home. I usually bake it on Saturday afternoon, and by Monday it is gone. If that isn't an indicator of how good it is, then I don't know what is! It's pretty simple and not too fiddly to make. Requires very basic ingredients, but results in a tall, fluffy, beautiful cake.






1/4 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup hot water
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup oil (I use 1 cup)
7 eggs separated
3/4 cup water ( I use 1/4 cup)
2 teaspoons vanilla


Preheat oven to 180/350.
In a small bowl, mix cocoa and baking soda in the 1/4 cup hot water until it is a thick paste.
Reserve.
In a medium bowl, sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Reserve.
In the work bowl of stand mixer, pour oil, egg yolks, the 3/4 cup water, and vanilla.
Mix until smooth.
Add dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until white and fluffy, and soft peaks form when beaters are lifted.
Do not beat stiff or dry.
Carefully fold the whites into the cake batter.
Divide the batter in half.
Fold the cocoa paste into half the batter, mixing well so no streaks remain.
In an ungreased tube pan, pour half the white batter on the bottom, then half the cocoa batter, and repeat, first the white batter and then the cocoa batter.
Bake at for 55 minutes.
Remove from oven and let the cake cool. Cut out and serve.

* I use my angel food cake pan, and I do spray it.


recipe found here

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