Spoon the chocolate mixture into the baking tin and then swirl the two mixtures together to create a marble effect.
Marble cake tray bake.
Repeat with remaining cake layers.
Scatter pieces of pear into the lined cake tin.
Will keep for 3 days in an airtight container or freeze for up to 3 months.
8 leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes and then turn the cake out onto a wire rack so it cools more quickly.
With a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the butter on high speed in a large bowl until smooth and creamy about 1 minute.
Then pop the layers into the preheated oven for 34 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown and springy to the touch.
Scatter pieces of pear into the lined cake tin.
I baked the cake layers in two 9 inch round cake pans.
Turn out onto a cooling rack and leave to cool.
I prefer aluminum pans over nonstick.
Spoon the chocolate mixture into the baking tin and swirl the two mixtures together to create a marble effect.
Sieve the flour and baking powder together add the sugar margarine and eggs and vanilla essence whisk mix or blend in a processor.
Stir in the cocoa to the remaining cake mixture.
Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown and springy to the.
The bittersweet tones down the milk chocolate so it doesn t taste too sweet with the cake.
Spray or lightly butter two 9 inch cake pans.
It also makes a great pudding children love it.
I always prefer my kitchenaid stand mixer when baking.
Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c.
Spoon half of the plain cake mixture into the tin.
Firstly pre heat your oven to 180 and line a 30 x 23cm tray or roasting tin with baking paper.
To bake this marble cake you ll need.
Sift the cake flour baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
7 bake in the pre heated oven for about 35 40 minutes until the cake has begun to shrink away from the sides of the pan.
The method is just as simple.
Stir in the cocoa to the remaining cake mixture.
Bake the cake for 45 55 mins until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
It just makes the process so much easier.
A little icing and a drizzle of white chocolate finishes this cake off.
A classic marble cake will always be a welcome feature at afternoon tea.
Spoon half of the plain cake mixture into the tin.