My cousins made a little video blog of making marble cake
Check out this short and too cute for words video blog of my cousins Alex, Isobel and Zac along with son Oliver making my Auntie Loulla’s famous Marble Cake. Recipe below too.
Enjoy!
Serves 10-12
Ingredients:
- 200 ml (7 floz) vegetable oil
- 225g (8oz) caster sugar
- 4 medium eggs
- juice of 1 large orange and the zest
- 200 ml (7 fl oz) milk
- A few drops of vanilla extract
- 450g (1 lb) plain, fine flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder or 100g (4 oz) 70% plain melted chocolate
- 2 tablespoons milk-extra
- flaked almonds (optional)
For the Topping:
- Icing sugar for dusting
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 190°C/375 f/ Gas Mark 5.
Beat together the oil and sugar in a mixing bowl and gradually add the eggs one at a time. Mix in the orange juice, zest, milk and vanilla extract and fold in the sifted flour and baking powder until smooth.
Take one third of the cake mixture, place it in a small jug and mix in the cocoa powder or melted chocolate with the 2 tablespoons of extra milk.
Pour half the plain cake mixture into a greased and floured 1.2 litre (2 pint) cake ring known in Germany as a ‘Kugelhopt’* and pour the cocoa mixture into the ring. Pour the remaining cake mixture on top and do not worry if the cocoa mixture or chocolate is not completely covered. Tap the cake ring gently to level the surface, sprinkle the almonds (if using) and bake in the pre heated oven for approxiately 50 minutes or until the cake is nicely brown (test with a skewer). Allow the cake to cool in the tin then place a plate on top of the tin and gently tip it upside down onto another plate. Finally, dust with icing sugar.
* You can buy the cake tin from John Lewis and sometimes in supermarkets or order online.
Recipe ©Loulla Astin.
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So cute and this looks amazing x
@Susan thanks honey, cake was so delicious and the kids are so sweet x
Cake looks yummy and your cousins are adorable and so sweet but Oliver really is such a little cutie, I want to eat him up 😉 And he’s so natural in front of the camera too. x
@Sharcasm thanks sweetie, the kids are all so beautiful and sweet-that cake was yummy x
Aww!! This is just too cute! Your entire family us absolutely gorgeous 🙂
Thanks sweetie they are incredible kids x
Too, too sweet! Beautiful kids and beautiful cake! x
@ebabeelikes thanks honey-they really are amazing kids and that cake is something else-I could eat it every day x
You must have a scream when they come round to visit! Beautifully put together Vicky and absolutely charming. What programme are you editing with?
@Jane it is really is so much fun. Software is Magix Pro 4 which we will be reviewing on the blog soon. Peter cut it-he’s becoming quite something behind the camera and now editing! Thanks for your comment!