A beautiful result of an inspiration - Marble Cake

I am no one big to be inspired from but still when someone in doubt asks me to share my lil knowledge with her... I definately will try and possibly give her all the details she needs :) Manju , my friend, my neighbour, and my super super senior in school asked me for my help! That's actually the first time someone is asking a help from me with regard to cooking! I am an amateur but I was thinking ... "So what! I can still share whatever I know!"
And that's how the whole thing started. We exchanged many many e-mails starting from what pans ,equipments etc should be bought prior to starting the adventure with baking from scratch. I told her its wise to get the basic shapes for the tins,to invest in measuring spoons, weighing scales, spatula, etc... And she was very excited that they were moving to Singapore and they had an oven there :) I must say even I was excited!!!

She did her share of wise shopping and I did my share of compiling few simple recipes I could lay my hands onto. The first recipe that she baked was the American Brownie .It was a huge hit at her place and her hubby Anand took a share of it to his office!! You cannot imagine how happy I was when she told me all this!! :D Aahhh ..........
She always wanted a marble cake recipe because her sons Yash & Harsh loved them! And I kept promising that I will send it across and somehow it slipped my mind and the request was granted last Saturday! :D Bad Girl Ria!!!! :P

So finally let me unveil the Inspirational Marble Cake: The clicks were sent to me by Manju and I edited them ( just added the title :D)

Marble Cake:

Recipe source- My mom

Maida/|All purpose flour 120g

Butter 120g

Sugar 120 g

Eggs 3 big or 120 g ( 1 egg is approx 45-50 g)

Cocoa powder 1 tbsp

Baking powder 1/2 tsp

Vanilla essence 1/4 tsp

Hot water 4 tbsp

• Dilute cocoa in water and make a lump free paste.Keep aside.
• In a mixing bowl, add the other ingredients together and beat well.Divide it into 2. In one , add the cocoa mixture.
• Take a baking tin.. pour the 2 coloured batter alternately..one spoon of brown..one spoon of white... its all left to your imagination :)
• Then take a toothpick/skewer.. and give it a swirl so that it creates a marbled effect .
• Pre heat the oven for 5 mins.Bake it at 180 C for 20 mins or till a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean :)
• Tada!!!! :) Marble cake is ready!!!!! :D
• This cake will yield around 500 g ( u need to add the weight of the main ingredients used) Its an equal proportion cake.

Here's some more of her baked goods: Recipe source Joy of Baking

Pound Cake-My tummy is growling!!! :( I want a piece of it as 'Gurudhaskina' :)

Chocochip Muffins: Recipe source Joy of Baking

She is an express... can give Nigella a tough competiton!! :D She baked the cake last evening and this morning when I opend my inbox I saw that lovely mail of hers which is the reason behind this post! She sent me her lovely clicks of the marble cake she made!! Only if I wasn't in my office then... I would have been screaming with joy!!! All I could do now was to have a BIG smile on my face!! :D You made my day Manju Chechy!!!!

Verdict: I copied & pasted it from the e-mail she sent me this morning

"marble cake turned out yummy n soft! very tasty. i shud have measured sugar properly. wud have been even better if there was a bit more of sugar. anand wanted to take whole thing to office, i said no way. my boys will love it. they havent seen it. made it after they slept last night! thanks a lot for all the tips dear... will show yash when he's back from school. i also sen these in his snack box. i like the fact that its home made n i know what exactly has gone into it! do share more recipes coz ur my inspiration! (That's a magical word!! :D )

And one more thing!!! I took a screen shot of her family pics from Orkut, edited them and used it .. Sorry Manju Chechy.. I had to make it a complete suprise!! Don't worry! I will not hack your profile :D

Hopefully I could put in my excitement all throughout the post :) I'm sure it's not conveyed completely though :D

P.s. This post is a gift from me (virtual LOL) for your love & interst in baking. That reminds me of my grandmom, she used to gift me Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate everytime I cooked something good while I was growing up! She is no more... maybe I take after her this way :) Miss you mamma!

-Ria