Marble Cake with Orange
Recipe for a classic marble cake with a hint of orange. If you'd rather leave out the orange, you can replace the orange juice with milk.This recipe fits a loaf tin of approx. 26x11 cm and 7 cm deep.
Servings 12 servings
Calories 280kcal
Ingredients
- 200 g plain flour
- 200 g butter, at room temperature
- 220 g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs (4 if they are small)
- 1 1/2 oranges – 75 ml freshly squeezed orange juice plus the finely grated zest
- 2 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp vanilla sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- Butter or neutral-tasting oil for the tin
Instructions
- Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each one so the mixture doesn't curdle.
- Mix the plain flour, vanilla sugar, baking powder and salt, and fold half of it into the mixture.
- Fold the orange juice and orange zest into the batter, then finish with the remaining dry ingredients (not the cocoa).
- Transfer about 1/3 of the batter to a separate bowl and fold the cocoa powder into it.
- Grease a loaf tin thoroughly with butter or neutral-tasting oil, and pour in half of the plain batter.
- Spread the chocolate batter on top and finish with the remaining plain batter.
- Using a metal skewer, wooden skewer or similar, draw a pattern through the batter so the colours swirl together slightly.
- Bake the cake in a preheated conventional oven (top and bottom heat) at 180°C for approx. 42-45 minutes. If in doubt, test with a skewer to check that the cake is baked through in the centre.
- Let the cake cool completely before removing it from the tin.
Nutrition
Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 244mg | Potassium: 83mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 513IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 1mg