Marble Tea Cake

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180º C. Grease a cake mould.
2. 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.
3. Mix together refined flour and baking powder and add to the egg mixture and fold in well. Add milk and mix well.
4. For cocoa powder decoction mix cocoa powder and 2 tbsps water.
5. Pour ½ the batter into the cake mould followed by the cocoa powder decoction and topped with the remaining batter.
6. Swirl the batter with the fork twice or thrice and tap the mould properly.
7. Keep it in the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
8. 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.

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