Neopolitan marble cake
A perfect cake of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry swirls
Servings: 1 cake
Equipment
- Stand mixer
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cups sugar
- 5 eggs, large
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup strawberry jam
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a medium sized bowl combine the cocoa powder, 1/3 cup of sugar and the hot water. Stir well to combine and set aside.
- In another small bowl combine the flour, baking powder, vanilla powder and salt. Whisk until well combined.
- In the large bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the remaining sugar (2 cups) and the eggs until well combined. Slowly pour in the olive oil and continue to mix.
- With the speed set to low, carefully add 1/2 of the flour mixture to the oil/egg/sugar combination in the stand mixer. Beat until well combined. Pour in 1/2 cup of milk. Continue beating and then add the remaining flour, followed by the remaining 1/2 cup of milk. Scrape down the sides of the bowl using a rubber spatula and then beat well for a minute until all of the ingredients are well combined.
- Remove approximately 3 cups of this cake batter and add half of it (about 1 1/5 cups) to the bowl which contains the cocoa powder, sugar and water. Using a whisk, mix it well by hand so that all of the plain batter is combined with the cocoa batter.
- Take the other 1 1/2 cup batter which you removed from the stand mixer bowl and combine it with the strawberry jam. Using a whisk mix it well by hand so that all of the plain batter is combined with the strawberry jam.
- Grease a bundt pan. Pour enough of the plain batter into the pan to cover the bottom surface. Then, using a large spoon, drop spoonfuls of the cocoa batter on top of the plain batter. Leave approximately 1/3 of the cocoa batter in the bowl. Next, drop spoonfuls of the strawberry batter into the cake pan, leaving approximately 1/3 of the strawberry batter in the bowl.
- Pour the remaining vanilla batter into the bundt pan, and then pour in the rest of the cocoa batter and strawberry batter.
- Bake in the middle rack of your oven for 50 – 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool in the bundt pan for approximately 5 minutes before removing it. Set it to cool on a baking rack.
- Enjoy!