Cakes Recipes - Marbled Ring Cake

Ingredients

• 115g plain chocolate

• 350g plain flour

• 5ml baking powder

• 450g butter, at room temperature

• 725g caster sugar

• 15ml vanilla essence

• 10 eggs, at room temperature

• icing sugar, for dusting

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180'C/350'F /Gas 4. Line a 25 x 10cm/10 x 4in ring mould with greaseproof paper and grease the paper. Dust with flour. Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler, stirring occasionally. Set aside.

2. Sift together the flour and baking powder. In another bowl, cream the butter, sugar and vanilla essence until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, two at a time, then gradually blend in the flour mixture.

3. Spoon half of the mixture into the ring mould. Stir the chocolate into the remaining mixture, then spoon into the tin. With a palette knife, swirl the mixtures for a marbled effect.

4. Bake until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 1 hours. Cover with foil halfway through baking. Stand for 15 minutes, then unmould and transfer to a wire rack. To serve, dust with icing sugar.