Old Fashioned Marble Cake

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 20mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    10
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    387
based on 8 ratings

Classic almond cake with marbled swirls of vanilla and chocolate.

recipe updated 18 Feb 2022

Ingredients

  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    225 g
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    225 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    4
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    160 g
  • Ground almonds icon
    Ground almonds
    75 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    1 teaspoon
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    3 tablespoons
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    2 tablespoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand Mixer
  • kCook icon Spatula
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Round pan - 8"
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Medium bowl

Step preview

  1. Prepare a clean round pan with parchment paper
  2. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
  3. Add salted butter and granulated sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
  4. Cream together until smooth - medium speed
  5. Add egg to the batter one by one while mixing
  6. Add plain flour, ground almonds, baking powder, milk and vanilla extract to the batter
  7. Mix until just combined - medium speed
  8. Transfer half of batter to medium bowl
  9. Add cocoa powder to the chocolate mixture
  10. Mix until just combined
  11. Transfer batter to round pan
  12. Swirl
  13. Bake until skewer tests clean - 45 min, 175°C
  14. Let cool
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