Eggless Marble Cake

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by jagritikumar

Making eggless cakes can be a hit or miss, you need the cake to be soft and airy while still holding its shape. I have several on the blog, and this one is a definite must have! I’ve made this a few times to get it right so you know it’s going to be good 🙂

I baked this recently because a friend at work had asked for it. The regular marble cake is super easy, but the eggless one needs a little more care so it doesn’t become a dense blob.

To get the cake to still be soft I use a mix of hot water and yoghurt. I also replace butter with oil and continue to use milk in the batter.

Once you have the vanilla and chocolate batters ready, layer them and gently swirl each layer to get this beautiful marble effect.

Eggless Marble Cake

  • Servings: 10-12 big slices
  • Difficulty: Easy
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups (240g) all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup (200g) sugar
  • 1/4 cup (20g) cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup yogurt – room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup milk – room temperature
  • 4 tbsp hot water

Directions

  1. Pre heat the oven to 180C. Grease and line a 9 inch loaf fan
  2. Sift the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder in a bowl
  3. In a large bowl, whisk the oil, vanilla, sugar and yoghurt for about 2 minutes till well combined
  4. Fold in the flour mix and milk alternatingly, starting and ending with flour. After each addition, gently fold till just combined
  5. In a small bowl, mix the hot water and cocoa till it’s smooth
  6. Transfer half of the plain flour batter into the cocoa powder mix and gently combine till just mixed
  7. Layer the plain and chocolate batter in the baking time, alternating each. Don’t mix the layers, it’s ok if they don’t cover each other fully. Tap the pan on the counter after adding each layer. Start and end with the vanilla layer (3 vanilla layers, 2 chocolate layers)
  8. Take a knife and swirl the batter in any design. Make sure the knife is going through all layers but be gentle with the swirl else it’ll not be a marble cake 🙂 Maybe 5-6 swirls all over the cake
  9. Bake at 180C for 35-40 mins till a tester comes out clean and the top is golden
  10. Take it out of the oven, let it cool and then serve

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jagritikumar

A baker, a dancer, a marketeer. Sometimes lazy. Always up to try new food, read interesting books and meet amazing people :)

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