Easy and Yummy Zebra Cake ...

Makes one 9-inch (23 cm) cake

INGREDIENTS

4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup (8 oz / 250 g) granulated sugar
1 cup (8 fl oz / 250 ml) milk, at room temperature
1 cup (8 fl oz / 250 ml) oil (corn, vegetable or canola is fine)
2 cups (10 oz / 300 g) all-purpose flour
1/3 teaspoon vanilla powder
1 table spoon baking powder
2 table spoon dark cocoa powder [Remember! Dark zebra patterns won’t stand out with light cocoa powder]

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs and sugar. Using a hand-held electric mixer or wire whisk beat until the mixture is creamy and light in color

 

2. Add milk and oil, and continue beating until well blended.

3. In a separate bowl, combine and mix flour, vanilla powder and baking powder.

vanilla powder

 

Baking powder

Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat just until the batter is smooth (DO NOT OVERBEAT to prevent air pockets from forming in the batter) If the batter is thin then add more flour.

4. Divide the mixture into 2 equal portions. Keep one portion plain. Add cocoa powder into another and mix well.

5. Lightly grease the pan with oil. Or line it with parchment paper (baking paper) like I did

6. The most important part is assembling the cake batter in a baking pan. This is what you do. Scoop 3 heaped tablespoons of plain batter (you can also use a ladle that would hold 3 tablespoons) into the middle of the baking pan. Then scoop 3 tablespoons of cocoa batter and pour it in the center on top of the plain batter. 

IMPORTANT! Do not stop and wait until the previous batter spreads - KEEP GOING! Do not spread the batter or tilt the pan to distribute the mixture. It will spread by itself and fill the pan gradually. Continue alternating the batters until you finish them. The pictures will direct you.

8. Bake for 40 mins in a pre heated oven at 180 C. To check if the cake is ready, insert a toothpick into the center. It should come out clean when ready.

I also added some butter cream frosting on the top. It was even more yummier!! Enjoy the cake!

This Zebra Cake is adapted from this recipe


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simple pleasures : Baking

favorite thing about today #3

One of my life’s simple pleasures is baking.

Baking is my love, baking makes me happy, baking makes me content, baking makes me joyful, baking gets me excited, baking gets me energized.

When the timer on the oven goes tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.. I eagerly wait for it to stop.

As I hear the regulator making the wrap up tune.

I run towards it and just wanna hold my invention in my hands and admire it.

I don’t even care if I burn my hand in the process. Or if am not having any oven mitts on.

I call upon all the residents of the house to see my creation and adore me even though I am baking those gorgeous beauties for the 100^th time.

I have a passion for baking. But I really donno when I’ll peruse it.

Hope I inspire you guys with my baking someday .. J

SUNDAY Delights

CHOCOLATE CHIP VANILLA Cupcakes

Ya.. I know … I know.. I am like a crazy CUPCAKE lover..!! Though am still learning, everyone by now know that I LOVE BAKING! And bake a lotta CupCakes..!! J

My cute lil COUSIN who’s just like “11yrs” old came over to my place yesterday and asked me to teach her to bake. Wow!! Isn’t it GREAT for a 11yr OLD..!! J And she was so excited and EAGER to learn. I was delighted to teach her too..! J

She got all the ingredients by herself... Check out how we made it..!! J

For all you people who wanted me to share the "RECIPE!!"

First step : Get all your ingredients ready before u get started.!

Butter : 150gms

Flour: 175gms

3 eggs

2tsp Vanilla essence and 3/4 tsp Baking Powder

Sugar: 175gms

Next : soft the butter

Then whisk in the sugar..

Beat 3 eggs into it..

{My cousin was so excited to break the eggs. She said she was doing it for the first time.. n was so joyful in the act..!! :-)}

Combine together "Flour and Baking powder" and "Vanilla essence" and half cup "MILK"

Last step: Add in some "Chocolate CHIPS"

Spoon into a muffin tin lined with 12 cupcake cases.

Bake at 180 C for 22 mins ... Tada! here they are..!! :-)

Do the ICING and Add some "SPRINKLES" over

I have made this recipe numerous times and it never fails. Hope this helps..

P.S : [ check out the date! I wrote this a while back, just wasn't willing to post.. am running out of ideas so am posting this.. haha]

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