Green and black cocoa marble ring cake
A black cocoa marble cake with green icing and sugar eyes.
Active time40 min
Cooking1 h
Total3 hResting : 1 h 15 min
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Ingredients
- 255 g unsalted butter
- 50 ml milk
- 5 eggs
- 30 g unsweetened black cocoa
- 350 g plain flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 20 sugar eyes
- 1 pinch of fine salt
- 250 g caster sugar
- 1 packet of vanilla sugar
- 150 g white cake glaze
- 1 tube of green food colouring suitable for baking and icing
Preparation
Heat the oven to 180 °C. Grease the tin with 5 g butter. Beat 250 g soft butter with the sugar, vanilla sugar and salt. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then briefly fold in the flour mixed with baking powder.
255 g unsalted butter5 eggs350 g plain flour4 tsp baking powder1 pinch of fine salt250 g caster sugar1 packet of vanilla sugar- oven
- 22 cm ring cake tin
- mixing bowl
- electric mixer
Tint one third of the batter green with some of the colouring. Mix the cocoa and milk into the remaining batter. Spoon the dark batter into the tin, followed by the green batter. Swirl through both with a fork. Bake for 55 min until a skewer comes out free of raw batter.
50 ml milk30 g unsweetened black cocoa1 tube of green food colouring suitable for baking and icing- 22 cm ring cake tin
- mixing bowl
- spoon
- oven
- wooden skewer
- fork
Leave the cake in the tin for 10 min.
- 22 cm ring cake tin
Turn out onto a rack and cool completely before glazing.
- 22 cm ring cake tin
- wire rack
Melt the white glaze as directed on the packet. Add the remaining green colouring gradually to reach the shade you want. Pour straight over the cold cake. Add sugar eyes before the glaze sets, then leave to firm up.
20 sugar eyes150 g white cake glaze- saucepan
- mixing bowl
- spoon
Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
Sources and credits
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