Marble / Zebra Butter Cake

Butter cake is the very first type of cake that i know and been eaten, my mom like to baked it. Long time ago, while we don't have electric mixer, i used to help my mother beat the egg using manual balloon whisker.

 

This cake is really fragrance with the rich butter smell. i beat the egg whites separately for more moist and soft texture, but still maintained the dense texture of butter cake.   

and do some marble pattern inside. it does look pretty i think.

Marble Butter Cake

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150 gr margarine
100 gr sugar
5 large eggs, lightly beaten
175g all purpose flour
3/4 tsp BP
2 tbsp milk
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp chocolate paste

Method

1. Pre-heat oven at 180 C. Grease with margarine and flour the sides of a 20cm pan, line the base with parchment paper, set aside.
2. Place butter, sugar in a mixing bowl, beat until light and creamy.
3. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, beating well. add in  flour, BP and milk, mix and combine well
4. In a separate clean and grease free bowl, beat egg white until soft peak Take 1/3 portion of egg whites mixture, stir well to the batter.
5. Fold in 2/3 portion of egg whites to the batter using spatula until well combine.
6. Divide the batter to two portion, add chocolate paste to one portion of batter, mix well with spatula.
7. Scoop a ladle of plain batter to the pan (drop in middle of the pan), then spoon a ladle of chocolate to the pan (in middle of pan too) then continue until both of plain & chocolate batter finished.
8. Bake for 30 - 40 minutes in middle rack. (when you inserted skewer to the cake it comes out clean).