Friday, February 25, 2011

Eggless Marble Cake

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There's something special about a Marble cake.It looks good without any adornments and it tastes great satisfying people with varied taste buds.Something like,there's something for every one.It gives more pleasure to bake one at home and wait with fingers crossed when you cut into it and see the marbled effect.I love the different patterns we get each and every time we do the marbling.Sometimes,it is more a mix-up of patterns or sometimes they are evenly marbled.


I remember making this cake a long time back when my in-laws were visiting.Ma-in-law loves it when I bake eggless stuff and gorges on it though she is not a big fan of baked sweets.And I love her for that!

I followed a simple eggless Vanilla cake recipe to make this cake.Just added cocoa powder for the marble effect and added my favorite ingredient-Orange Zest to make the Cake extra special.


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Eggless Marble Cake
Recipe slightly adapted from - The Yum Blog


Ingredients


Flour - 1 1/4 cups
Milk powder - 3 tbsp
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Butter - 1/2 cup
Powdered sugar - 3/4 cup
Milk - 3/4 cup
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp
Hot water - 2 tbsp
Grated Orange Zest - 1 tsp


Method


Preheat oven to 170C.Grease a 6 cup Bundt pan or a regular 7' round/square pan.
Sift together flour,milk powder,baking powder and baking soda,keep aside.
Pour hot water on cocoa powder and mix well to form a paste,let it cool.
Cream the butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
Add the flour mix and milk alternately,starting and ending with flour to get a smooth batter.
Transfer a little less than half the batter to a pan.Add the cocoa paste to it and mix well,add the orange zest.
Add vanilla to the remaining batter.
Pour all of the white batter into the prepared pan.Top with the chocolate batter.Swirl the batter using a table knife-do not over do it.
Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.Cool in the pan for 10 minutes,then unmould and finish cooling on a rack.
Dust with cocoa powder on top and cut into thick slices.


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42 comments:

  1. sumaFebruary 25, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    What a perfect bundt u have turned out! Absolutely - A marble cake is a dressed up one all in itself and when its a bundt all the more so...chocolate and orange cake- it can't get any better than this!

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  2. harini-jayaFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    was wondering if I could use hot cocoa mix instead of cocoa powder..I have lots of hot cocoa mix in my pantry ..

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  3. RaksFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Love the fact that its eggless! Nice looking cake!

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  4. RadhikaFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    love ur eggless baking versions. very helpful for people like who don't like the smell of eggs in the cakes. loved your cake very much. soon going to try it out.

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  5. TinaFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    Angottu ponnalonnu alochikuvaaaaaa..cake thakarppan divi..

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  6. LifewithspicesFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    Divya,

    Any cakes i will love it..urs makes more tempting..love the color..n its so soft..

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  7. UnknownFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    Perfect marble design...luv ur version and texture of the cake...looks very tempting

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  8. Rookie QookieFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    Divya, These look lovely. Gr8 Eggless recipe.

    Cheers,
    Reshmi

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  9. chef and her kitchenFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    I m in love with your bundt pan....the cake looks super moist n delicious...

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  10. UnknownFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Marble cake always grabs attention..I cant beleive that uve made an eggless version cuz eggless baking recipes without egg replacer are sooo hard to find..Bookmarking it!!!!!!

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  11. notyet100February 25, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    cake looks so good,..luv the presentation too

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  12. Vimitha DuraiFebruary 25, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    A delicious and lovely cake... Looks so beautiful on the plate...

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  13. Priya SureshFebruary 25, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    Wow wat a super spongy,gorgeous and elegant marble cake..

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  14. kitchen queenFebruary 25, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    lovely wonderful and delicious marble cake.

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  15. PavaniFebruary 25, 2011 at 6:00 PM

    Wow.. That's one yummy and delicious looking cake. Lovely pics.

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  16. divyaFebruary 25, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    ohhh...droooooling here...perfect n tempting cake....

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  17. ZareenaFebruary 25, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    Wow Divya, I loved the way of presentation and I also loved the sprinkled fork effect. Hmmmm yummy and the cake looks moist.

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  18. Jeyashris KitchenFebruary 25, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    fabulous divya.perfectly made one and i always love eggless cake

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  19. UnknownFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:51 PM

    hi.............am Dr Tomy and i am a huge fan of ur cakes.......made several and a lot more are in the list to be tried.......i cannot understand the fascination for eggless cakes.......i seriously cant............but it looks lovely.......i had once made an eggless cake using curd and baking soda.....it was totally fab as well.....but gimme cakes with eggs and no butter any day!!!!!

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  20. KurinjiFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    OMG, so soft marble cake......
    kurinjikathambam

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  21. AnushrutiFebruary 26, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    Looks so beautiful. Can I have a slice please?

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  22. TorviewtorontoFebruary 27, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    first time in your lovely site Divya
    this cake looks delicious
    following you
    cheers

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  23. UnknownFebruary 27, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    wow, looks so tempting :)

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  24. UnknownFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:28 AM

    That cake looks gorgeous, Divya. I love marbled cakes too, they always look like we've put in so much effort :P

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  25. Priya dharshiniFebruary 28, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    Luvly cake...And happy to know its eggless..

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  26. Rose /MagpieMarch 1, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    Oh I love marble cakes!And I think any cake baked in a bundt pan tastes just a little bit more special! One more recipe to add to my eggless collection- Thanks Divya!

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  27. Neenu PraveenMarch 2, 2011 at 1:00 AM

    Gud job....

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  28. Anu NanduMarch 4, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    I'm loving this! I've been wanting to try more eggless cakes as a few of my friends here don't eat eggs and I'd love to bake for them! So, bookmarking this to surely try! Thanks!

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  29. SmitaMarch 7, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    I used this recipe and it has turned out so well. After having bured two eggless cake this was the first time that it came out well. Thank you so much!!! :)

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  30. GirishApril 18, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Yummy cake, it really waters my mouth just seeing the snaps of cakes. i am very eager to try out the recipe. Hope its will also be as yummy as yours.

    Thanks for Sharing,
    Cakes Mumbai

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  31. AnonymousAugust 1, 2011 at 8:48 PM

    divya,
    just curious....why do we have to add hot water?

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  32. Divya KuduaAugust 1, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    Anon-adding hot water to cocoa powder brings out the flavor of the cocoa powder and ensures it mixes well with the batter without forming lumps.

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  33. MithaAugust 23, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    Hi divya
    I baked this in a bundt pan yesterday.
    tasted awesome.
    the cake was so moist
    I replaced butter with nutralite
    By the way why should we add milk powder ?

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  34. MithaAugust 23, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Hi Divya
    I tried this recipe yesterday and baked it in a bundt pan .
    it was great.and moist too I replaced butter with nutralite,..
    By the way I have a doubt why should we add milk powder ?

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  35. meghanaDecember 4, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    How did you end up with such a crust?
    Am I missing something here?

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  36. Divya KuduaDecember 5, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Meghana,I am not sure what you meant.Did you try out this cake and get any different results?

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  37. MomFebruary 21, 2012 at 8:13 AM

    Thank you for the recipe. My cake turned out great.

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  38. DeepaMay 23, 2012 at 2:23 AM

    This is the favourite cake in my house and everytime it comes out great! Thanks for the recipe. I ve added it to my blog too. Pl do check out at http://brahmarpanam.blogspot.com/2012/05/eggless-marble-cake.html

    Thanks,
    Deepa

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  39. AnonymousMay 23, 2012 at 3:33 PM

    hello,
    without addition of cocoa powder and orange zest can we make the plain vanilla cake this way...ofcoarse using all above ingredients?
    thanks,

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  40. arpiMarch 26, 2014 at 9:42 PM

    Hi Divya,
    I made an attempt to bake this cake yesterday. The cake rose beautifully but just before 15 mins for it to be done, it sunk in. And while unmoulding the cake just fell apart and crumbled into a mess :(
    Could you please tell me what would have gone wrong. I've tried several other recipes from your blog and they never failed me till now.

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  41. UnknownAugust 17, 2015 at 7:50 PM

    What is cup measurement I mean 200ml or 250 ml?

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  42. UnknownAugust 17, 2015 at 7:51 PM

    What is cup measurement I mean 200ml or 250 ml?

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Divya.