This marble cake recipe is a staple of Pastry Freak's afternoon tea and is simply brilliant. .
Ingredients
200g of butter (or margarine)
225 g of icing sugar
20g of invert sugar (or failing that, acacia honey)
5 eggs (approximately 250 g)
1 vanilla bean
3 g of salt
250g of T45 flour
3 g of baking powder
15g of unsweetened cocoa powder
A few drops of softened butter
Instructions
In the bowl of the mixer, cream the softened butter with the icing sugar and invert sugar using the paddle attachment.
Add the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla seeds and salt, then continue mixing to emulsify everything.
Pour in the flour and yeast, which have been previously sifted together, and mix until fully incorporated.
Take 350g of dough into a mixing bowl and then incorporate the cocoa by mixing with a spatula.
Place each paste into a piping bag.
Line a cake tin with baking paper and then pipe the batter, alternating layers of vanilla and cocoa.
Using a knife pushed all the way to the bottom of the mold, create curves to draw the marbling.
Make a cone out of baking paper and then pipe a thin strip of softened butter onto the surface of the cake, making sure to center it. This will allow the cake to open up properly during baking.
Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes then lower the temperature to 160°C for approximately 25-30 minutes.
Notes
Invert sugar adds moisture to the cake. It can be replaced with honey, a natural invert sugar. Choose acacia honey, which has a more neutral flavor.
The vanilla pod can be replaced by 3g of liquid vanilla.
The eggs must be at room temperature when you add them. If they are cold, the mixture will curdle and the emulsion won't form properly. You will need to warm the bowl of your mixer by hand.
The thin strip of softened butter on the surface of the cake will allow it to "open up" slightly during baking.
To check if it's cooked, insert a knife blade into the center of the marble cake. If it comes out clean, it's cooked!
A cup corresponds to 250 ml when I mention "cup" in my recipes. Here are two tables that will help you with your conversions if you don't have a cup!
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