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If i wanted to describe the perfect marble cake, it would be this one. I absolutely love the orange twist with the dark chocolate, but if you’re not a fan of orange and chocolate you can totally turn it into a regular marble cake (explained how below).

Marble Cake a L’Orange (and another version without orange)

Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 225 g room temp unsalted butter
  • 225 g flour
  • 225 g sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 4 eggs at room temp
  • 2 tbsp liquid milk
  • 3 tbsp sifter cocoa powder
  • 1 large orange zested
  • 1 tbsp orange juice
  • 50 g chopped dark chocolate

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 180C
  • Beat butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, and vanilla together 
  • Split the batter into two bowls
  • In the first bowl mix into the batter the milk and cocoa powder
  • In the second bowl mix the zest and the juice 
  • Grease a loaf tin with tahini or butter and flour
  • Scoop the batter alternating between them 
  • Swirl with a toothpick or knife Top with the chocolate chipsBake in oven for 40-50 mins, until a toothpick inserted comes out dry

For the non orange twist

  • In the first step, replace the milk with 3 tbsp instead of 2
  • Once you split the batter, keep one with no additions and conitue with the cocoa powder in the other as you would

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