Chocolate-Orange Marble Cake
Ingredients
- 225g 8 oz/1 cup vegan butter, softened
- 225g/8 oz/ generous 1 cup castor (Superfine) sugar
- 4 vegan eggs, beaten
- 225g/8 oz/2 cups (self-raising) or (gluten-free)
- Flour
- 30 ml/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 15ml/1 tbsp vegan milk
- Grated rind from 1 large orange
- 15ml/1 tbsp orange juice
- For the icing
- 115g/4 oz plain (semisweet)vegan or milk chocolate
- 225g/8 oz/2 cups icing (confectioners)sugar, sifted
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4.Grease and line a 26cm/x 24 cm 10in x9 1/2 heart shaped cake pan. With baking parchment
In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy
Beat in the eggs a little at a time fold in the flour into the mixture. Put half of the batter into another bowl
Sift the cocoa into one bowl of batter and mix well with the milk
Put the rind and orange juice into the other bowl and mix well
Spoon alternate tablespoonfuls of each mixture into the cake tin. Swirl a knife through the mixture once, then smooth the top level
Bake for 45 minutes, or until the centre springs back when pressed. Leave to cool
Remove papers
In another bowl, whisk the butter. Beat in icing sugar. Stir in the chocolate. Spread over the cake