Marble Cake

My mom always used to make marble cakes for the volunteers at figure skating competitions, so I have lots of fond memories of this dessert. 


It's similar to a pound cake in that it doesn't need any icing, but it is moist and very dense. It goes perfectly with a big, tall glass of milk or a piping hot cup of tea as a late afternoon snack or dessert after a lighter meal.  

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 2-3 tbsp cocoa powder

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a cake pan
• In one bole, mix butter and sugar until creamy
• Add eggs, one at a time
• In a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt and baking powder
• In a measuring cup, pour the milk and add the vanilla
• In small increments, add some of the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture, followed by some of the milk mixture, mixing until just combined before adding more. Always start and end with the flour mixture
• Pour 3/4 of the batter into a cake pan
• Add the cocoa to the remaining cake batter and mix
• Drop by spoonfuls over top of white batter. Using a knife, swirl the cocoa batter to incorporate it in a marble effect
• Bake in oven for 30 -35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean