Marble Tea Cake

Methods

• Preheat oven to 180º C. Grease a cake mould.
• Take butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat them with an electric beater till light and fluffy. Gradually add eggs and whisk till the mixture is light. Add vanilla essence and mix.
• Mix together refined flour and baking powder and add to the egg mixture and fold in well. Add milk and mix well.
• For cocoa powder decoction mix cocoa powder and 2 tbsps water.
• Pour ½ the batter into the cake mould followed by the cocoa powder decoction and topped with the remaining batter.
• Swirl the batter with the fork twice or thrice and tap the mould properly.
• Keep it in the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Take the mould out of the oven, let it cool before demoulding. Keep it on a serving platter, slice and serve with cups of hot tea.