Simple Marble Cake....

This is a simple little cake. Perfect for a Sunday afternoon, with some tea, or coffee, or a lovely tall glass of milk. You can add just adusting of powdered sugar, a plate and a fork… and you are ready to enjoy. I baked mine in a loaf pan..this meant baking it a little bit longer in the oven. A tube pan works just fine !

Ingredients:

1 cup granulated sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup milk (whole, 2% or 1%)
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups  All-Purpose Flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons Cocoa

1. Preheat oven to180/ 350°F. Cover pan with bake spray and dust with flour.

2. In a bowl blend the sugar and eggs for about 2 minutes.

On low speed add the oil, milk and vanilla until well combined and smooth.

3. In a second bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix for about another 2 minutes or until the batter is smooth and lump free.

4. Remove 2 cups of the vanilla batter and place it  in the bowl you used for the dry ingredients. Sift the cocoa over this batter, and stir well to combine.

5.Alternately drop spoonfuls of batter into the loaf pan until the pan is filled with the batter and plunge a butter knife into the batter, making a zig-zag pattern from one end of the pan to the other.

6. Bake the cake in the center of the preheated oven for 45-55 minutes, or until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling. 

xo,Diana