Marble cakes are my favorite and this time around I took an easy egg-free butter-free recipe and did a marble effect with it. The cake was hard on the sides when freshly baked but as it cooled down (after 2 hrs) it was moist and really tasty. The chocolate does do magic to this cake, you can also make it plain with just custard powder. We totally loved it for our evening snack, it is super light and a good treat.
Recipe Source - Sharmi altered and modified
Ingredients
(read tips before baking the cake)
Whole wheat flour/ atta - 1 and 1/4 cup
Plain flour/ all purpose flour - 1/4 cup
Custard powder - 3/4 cup (I used vanilla flavored)
Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp
Baking Soda - 1 and 1/4 tsp
Milk - 1 and 1/2 cup
Oil - 3 tbsp
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp (skip if using vanilla flavored custard powder)
Sugar - 3/4 cup (I used demerara sugar)
Method
- Sift both flours, baking soda and custard powder, set aside. Line a baking tin with parchment paper/ grease it well. Pre-heat oven to 180 C
- In a large mixing bowl add the milk, oil, vanilla extract (if you are using) and add the sugar and mix till it dissolves.
- Start adding the dry ingredients little by little until it forms a smooth batter
- Now take 1/4 of the batter in a small bowl and add the cocoa powder to it and mix well, make sure that it is well combined without lumps. The batter should be thick, don't worry
- In the prepared tin start dropping dollops of the cocoa batter and alternate with the custard batter until all the batter is tipped in. Now with a knife form swirls
- Place the baking tin in the pre-heated oven in center and bake for 40-45 mins until a toothpick inserted in center comes clean
- Take the cake out and let in cool in the pan for 15 mins then flip it over a cooling rack and cool until it comes to room temperature.
Slice 1 inch pieces and serve as a snack
Cooks Wisdom
- I used birds custard powder that had resulted in a lovely yellow cake, no artificial coloring was used
- The cake tastes great the next day and remains moist. You might find the cake hard in the sides if you cut it when half cooled
- Cake remains fresh for a week in a air-tight container
If you love Marble cakes like me try out my vanilla marble cake HERE
wow.. marble cake looks delicious and moist ..
ReplyDeleteDelicious marble cake Priya, Love the texture.
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Awesome Oriya..no words
ReplyDeleteYummy and moist marble cake.
ReplyDeleteDelicious looks very inviting.. And awesome pics..
ReplyDeleteDear how much custard powder did u use? Im making this today....looks so moist and aromatic....
ReplyDeleteSuman I used 3/4'th cup custard powder, made the update.... :-) let me know how you like it
DeleteMoist and tasty cake.
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yummy and tempting.i like the last pic which is heart shaped.mmm
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ReplyDeleteYummy and healthy marble cake.
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ReplyDeleteCake looks moist and soft..
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Oh these look like a great idea.
ReplyDeleteCake looks delicious with beautiful marble pattern.. It can be enjoyed without much guilt since it is egg free and butter free.. :)
ReplyDeleteYummy and lovely looking cake Priya...
ReplyDeleteLooks awesome, nice texture for an eggless cake, and the marbling effect has come out well..
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Beautifully done cake... Lovely texture...
ReplyDeleteVery cute and moist cake Priya, would like to bite few pieces.......Perfectly made.
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Love marble cakes too :) The use of custard powder is interesting Priya. Bookmarked to try sometime :)
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soft and spongy priya.. pass me the plate :)
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ReplyDeleteloved the custard color and a very healthy bake with wheat flour dear..yummy slices,wish I could grab them now:)
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Looks so soft Sis..Delectable clicks :) Feel like grabbing a piece..Fulla eduthalum eduthruvaen :)
ReplyDeleteSound of custard is itself exciting,sure must have tasted super yum,nice texture
ReplyDeleteOmg, cant believe this cake have just 3tbsp of oil..Looks super moist, and soft Sis..Love to have a slice too.
ReplyDeletewhat lovely and yummy bread:)
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures!!
love this butter free healthy version, marble cake looks so soft n delicious...those neat slices tempting me more :)
ReplyDeletePriya, the cake looks soooo...tempting yaar. I would like to give it a try...I couldn't see in what temperature you baked it. mmmm...yummmy..
ReplyDeleteNimmi, its 180 C not sure how I missed it, I have updated it in step 1, thanks for letting me know :)... hope u like it :)
DeleteDroolworthy pic !! love the addition of custard and looks so neat..
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I'm so gonna try out this cake recipe...my friend gave me a whole tin of custard powder which she ordered online and wants me to finish it as she wont be using it much.
ReplyDeleteLove the egg free n butter freeness in the cake ;-)
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thanks dear :) you will love it, its a light cake and less fat too :) you are very kind thanks for the comments
DeleteNice cake priya! i liked the fact that you have used wheat flour to make this. I suppose it doesn;t alter the taste . looks beautiful
ReplyDeleteLoving thr custard cake and with so little fat in it
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ReplyDeletei love marble cake and what i like in this recipe is the use of atta... which means it is healthy... bookmarking to try... lovely page u have out here... :)
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ReplyDeleteand this is one sure keeper recipe. definitely gonna try it out, and let you know. happily following you
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The cake was a bit of a disappointment. It did not rise well and was dense. Marble effect was nice though.
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