Wednesday 29 February 2012

MARBLE CAKE

This is my basic chocolate marble cake.

Here is the ingredient;

  • 225g butter,softened
  • 225g caster sugar
  • 4 eggs(medium size)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 225g plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 50ml milk
  • 50g cocoa powder,sifted

METHOD
  1. Preheat the oven to 180'c.Grease the baking tin with butter.
  2. Cream the butter in a large bowl until soft.Add in the sugar and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
  3. Whisk the eggs and vanilla extract in a small bowl.Gradually add the eggs to the butter mixture,beating all the time.Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold in gentle to mix,the add the milk and mix gently to combine.
  4. Separate the cake mixture into 2 bowl,fold in cocoa powder in one of the bowl. 
  5. Place the cake mixtures into the prepared tin by alternating spoonfuls of the vanilla batter with the chocolate batter,then with a skewer,gentle draw swirls though the cake mixture to 'marblise' it.Don't overmix..
  6. Bake it for 45min,Turm the cake out onto a wire rack and allow to cool...


Double Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup margarine, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips


Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
  2. In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Sift in the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder; mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips. Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place them one inch apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
  3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.