Marble cake recipe (chocolate & vanilla flavor)♥♥

This valentine is dedicated,♥♥♥
to the one who stays besides me.
to the one i hold , like a teddy bear.
to the one who smiles at me when i do craziest things.♥
What love truly means.....
to the one who has my heart.
to the one whom I never want to be apart.
to the one who will remain alwaz wid ma soul.
♥♥Happy Valentine’s Day to my beloved honey bunny...

This time i made marble cake & nan khatai for my valentine..:)♥

I baked this cake for the 1st time & it was superb.. It is soo simple recipe, tasty & the aroma is soo good...& more over it takes less time to prepare.... Who doesn’t love cakes...from kids to elder everyone is cake lover..So today I m going to share a yummy delicious marble cake.. A very simple & nice to eat.. which is very easy to do & tasty too...A homemade cake can easily compete with any other cake available in market..right???

Ingredients:

• 2  cups all purpose flour
• 2 tblsp cocoa powder
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 stick unsalted butter melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup orange juice
• Mix of Coffee powder + cinnamon powder + sugar ( 3 tblsp)
• Chopped roasted walnuts (optional)

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 180 degree.

• In a big bowl take the melted butter, sugar, eggs. Now using electric beater beat them until they turns to a smooth & creamy. 

• Now add orange zest, orange juice & vanilla extract. Again beat them.

• In a separate bowl add flour, baking powder, salt & sieve. Mix in the wet and dry ingredients.

• Divide the mixture by half into two separate bowls. Gently fold the cocoa powder into one half of the mixture. Take the baking tray. Grease it. Drop each cake mixture into the prepared tin, alternating between the white & chocolate mixture. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture on the top. Add the roasted walnuts.
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• Preheat the oven to 180 degree. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes (Baking time may be different for different ovens) or until firm and a knife/ toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
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• Leave in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out and cool on a wire rack. Your yummy cake is now ready to serve.....

• As I was preparing it for valentine day so I cut the cake using this cutter & decorated it with some chocolates...my cake is now ready. 
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• Also I made my hubby's fav. cholle Bhatore  for dinner & he just loved it....

sending this to Cooking with Love-Spouse hosted by http://h4hemh4help.blogspot.com, Lets Cook/Bake for Valentines hosted by http://www.simplysensationalfood.com & to http://riappyayan.blogspot.com/2012/01/announcement-of-my-event-spotlight.html, Spotlight : Valentine's Treat hosted by http://cuisinedelights.blogspot.in, BAKE FEST # 16 hosted by http://bestofmykitchen.blogspot.in & Vardhini's Bake Fest