Zebra cake

A very fun to bake cake which gives an ultimate feeling of accomplishment once baked and sliced! Yes, I am talking about the fantastic combination of vanilla and chocolate in a zebra stripe pattern. This Zebra cake would capture anyone’s attention because of the wonderful pattern it depicts and will keep people wondering how we got those stripes perfect! Let’s look into how we can get that vanilla- Chocó patterned cake which is a fantastic tea time snack or a dessert.



Ingredients

· All Purpose Flour : 1 1/2 Cup (300 gms)

· Eggs : 2

· Baking Powder : 1 1/2 Tsp

· Club Soda (Carbonated Water) : 1/2 Cup

· Vanilla Extract : 1/8 Tsp

· Sugar : 1 Cup

· Cocoa Powder : 2 Tbsp

· Vegetable Oil : 1/2 Cup

Method

1. In a large mixing bowl beat the eggs until foamy, add the sugar and beat further. To this add the oil and vanilla and beat well using an electric blender

2. Sift together the flour and baking powder

3. Add one third of the flour mixture to the egg mixture and beat well until just combined. Add half of the soda and mix again. Keep alternating the flour and soda into the egg mix until all is well incorporated.

4. Transfer half of this mixture to another bowl and sift in the cocoa powder and mix well to form the chocolate batter.

5. Grease and dust an 8 inch (preferable) round cake tin and keep both the batter ready to be assembled.

6. Pour a tablespoon of the chocolate batter and on top of it pour a tablespoon of vanilla batter and keep alternating this way until both the batter is all used up and you see concentric circles of vanilla and chocolate.

7. Pop this into a 180 degree C pre heated oven for about 30-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

8. Allow the cake to cool before demoulding. Cut along the pattern to get perfect stripes on your cake.


Note: The soda can be substituted with milk and the quantity of milk or soda can be altered in order to get a flowing batter. If the batter is too thick they would not form pattern while assembling. You can also use a tooth pick to create patterns on the top layer of the cake. I just drew few lines from the centre of the cake towards the end and then some from the end to the centre to form a floral pattern. This pattern will not affect the stripes inside.


Happy baking!