Marble Cake

The idea of combining two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century in Germany. It is a cake with a mottled appearance achieved by very lightly blending of light and dark batter which gives a texture of marble. Originally the cakes were marbled with molasses and spices. The first recorded Jewish recipe for a marble cake appears in an American cookbook called “Aunt Babette’s Cook Book: Foreign and Domestic Receipts for the Household,” published in 1889. This recipe replaced the molasses and spice combination by marbling chocolate into the cake.
So lets start making Marble cake at home... :)

Ingredients:

 *For making any cake the quantity of every ingredients is very important.So please maintain the exact quantity what I will mention.

1. 225gm flour
2. 250gm powder sugar(you can put normal sugar in mixer to make it powder sugar)
3. 100gm butter
4. 50gm dark chocolate
5. 1/2 cup milk
6. 4 egg
7. 1/3rd teaspoon baking powder
8. 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Procedure:

• brake all the eggs in a mixing bowl ,add 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence and beat it in a uniform speed(I prefer speed 3) for about 10-15 min or till it becomes nice and foamy and reaches to ribbon state.
• The best way to understand if it reached to ribbon state or not is to put off your hand mixer from it and try to make a '8' with the help of its front portion on it.If the '8' disappear very quickly then it is on its correct stage.I am attaching a picture for your reference.

• put the butter in microwave for about 1min and it will be melted.
• now take a separate bowl and add the sugar in it and beat it for about 5-6 minutes in a lower speed(preferably at 2) until it becomes nice and foamy.

• now pour the half of the egg mixture in it and mix it very slow with a spatula. You have to mix with hand and if you mix with beater then all the air that was trapped in the egg and butter will be vanished and the cake will become hard. then pour the remaining egg mixture and mix it slowly.
• now sieve the flour and baking powder on top of the mixture,add the milk and again mix it slowly.
• then put your chocolate in microwave oven for 1 minutes for melting it.
• put 1/3rd of the cake mixture in a separate bowl and pour the melted chocolate in it.Again mix it slowly until it get mixed evenly.

• take a oven proof flat tray(not a glass tray) or you can buy aluminum trays for making cake.Grease some butter or oil in it.sprinkle a little bit of flour so that it can come out easily.Or else you can take a parchment paper and put it on the tray and then can apply some oil in it. we are doing this so that your cake does not stick to the tray and can easily come out.
• now pour half of the white mixture in the tray then flatten it with a spatula,then pour the chocolate mixture on top it and again flatten it with the spatula and at the end pour the remaining white mixture on top of it.It means we actually made three layer first with white,second with dark and third with white.
• don't worry if it get mix a little bit while flattening.
• now take a knife or a spoon and try to draw a zik zak pattern on the cake or try to make some '8' with it.After that you can see that your batter will look like a piece of marble.
• now preheat your oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit which is 180 degree Celsius and keep it for 20-25 minutes.For those who are in India have to bake it in convection mode after preheating.
• after 20-25 minutes take out the cake and insert a tooth pic in it. then take out the tooth peak and check if it is clean or not. If your tooth pick comes out clean means your cake is ready if not then you have to bake it more.
• after taking out the cake let it rest for at least 10-15 minutes.Do not de-mold  it immediately.
• after 10-15 min, take out the parchment paper and put the cake on a plate and cut it into piece.
• If you haven't use parchment paper just take a knife and run it through the edges of the cake,put a plate on top of it and then turn the tray.
• Remember this cake wont rise double of the batter like the other cakes. It will rise a little bit than the batter and will be very spongy.
• do not put it in refrigerator. Put it in a air tight container and it will taste same for at least 7 day.

For making a good cake you have to be very patience,caring and loving. If you can put these qualities 

while preparing your cake it will definitely become a big hit among your friends and family.

So enjoy your cooking and make everyone happy... :)