Tag: chocolate

Simply marvelous Marble cake

Hey everyone! Halloween’s here so everyone get their spooks ready! I have already seen so many great costumes Today of little kiddos dressed up and even adults dressing up to take the theme another step forward and have you all seen the various decors people have already put together!

Anyhooooo..today’s receipe is simply marvelous. It’s a simple marble cake which has some chocolate sections and some vanilla sections. Some people have made this into a checkered designs or whatnot. But for this receipe I’ll be sticking to the basic round cake.

For the ingredients you will need the following;

12 oz butter

12oz sugar

12 oz all purpose flour

6 eggs

2 tbsp cocoa powder

4tsp vanilla essence

3tsp baking powder

Preheat the oven to 350′ f. And also grease a 9″ springform cake mould. Once these are prepped we put them to the side and get on with the cake batter by creaming the butter and the sugar, then add in the egg, vanilla essence and flour alternatively. This way the batter will mix in evenly.

Once the batter is mixed in separate half of the batter into a separate bowl and mix in 2 tbsp of cocoa powder till the mixture resembles the batter of a chocolate batter in color.

We then take a 9″ cake pan and take a table spoon or spatula and take a spoon of the vanilla batter and put it in the pan starting from the edges of the pan. And then alternate it with the chocolate batter. So you have vanilla chocolate vanilla chocolate batter and in the middle whilst being careful that you dont put a vanilla next to a vanilla.

And then at the end take a fork and very shallowly run it across the batter in a a circular motion this will create what is known as the marble effect when the cake bakes in the oven.

Mind you it can take up to 45mins to an hour but always make sure using a toothpick to check if it comes out clean to make sure the batter is cooked through.

This cake is not too sweet but it tastes really nice with a hot cup of coffee. I recently made it for a baby shower for one of my teachers and everyone loved it!

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Until next time folks…stay blessed!

Tips:

I tend to leave the butter out beforehand so it reaches room temperature and therefore easier to mix in with the rest of ingredients

When using eggs and since this receipe uses both yolk and whites it’s best that when you take the eggs out whisk them with a form so they resemble a liquid and I usually mix in the vanilla in the eggs too this helps simplify your ingredients and the quantity of ingredients is reduced when you are trying to make sure you have added all the components to make a successful cake batter!

Double chocolate mmhmm oatmeal cookies

Double chocolate mmmhmm i.e. double the scrumptiousness ..you got it Folks! and yet healthier because it has oatmeal and we all know the good properties of oatmeal and how everyone is trying to include them somehow in their diets whether its via parfaits or refrigerator overnight oatmeals..homemade granola…I hear you! But now I thought to bring it in to our comforting chocolate cookie scenario..

So after all the hurricane florence and everyone being on edge..and for all those who have been troubled or had to cut their vacations short I truly feel for you and I am sorry for the loss.. but always remember no matter how hard the situation or scenario I have absolute faith there will be light after the disastrous dark tunnel of difficulties we all face and those of you out there who are still feeling the repercussions of the hurricane…like I heard in the news that flooding now just started in fayetville, North Carolina because the water level had risen quite above their safety line and all the rains just caused it to flood days after the hurricane left..

And for all those who had to evacuate and leave their homes to move to shelters my heart goes out to you all! May God be with you all in this difficult time and may you all be blessed with great strength and courage to regain control of your lives.. once again!

We all need comfort and to me these oatmeal cookies brought the sense of warm hugs we all need after the hurricane. Especially when they baked in the oven and my kitchen smelled glorious…

So for this receipe you will be needing the following;

4 oz salted butter( you can use unsalted ..but I always find a pinch of salt amongst the sweetness best to take off the edge AND AT ROOM TEMPERATURE)

4oz oatmeal ( I used old fashioned oats)

4oz semi sweet chocolate morsels

4oz white chocolate

5oz all purpose flour

4oz sugar

1 egg

1/2tsp Baking powder

2 tsp vanilla essence ( I use a little extra because with oatmeal it needs a lil extra because it soaks it up than flour)

This recipe is one of my favorite one bowl recipes where you don’t need too many things and makes clean up that much easier!😅

So as always we preheat the oven at 350f. We then cream are the butter and sugar and add in the vanilla essence and the egg

And whisk till these are mixed in and then slowly at certain intervals add the flour, I tend to mix all the dry ingredients other than the chocolate together that way you only have to mix one time not separately for each ingredient ..because the more mix the more dense and dry the cookie gets when baked.. and then when you’re left with only the chocolate I just tend to fold these in otherwise they just stink to the bottom of the bowl.

Once this is achieved I take a tablespoon and take out heaped mounds and put it on a greased baking tray keeping them spaced out

because they do spread a little when they cook and I find that the higher the mound of cookie batter you put on the tray the more chewier the texture and ofcourse more of the good stuff that comes in your mouth. I baked them for 11 mins and they were a nice golden brown color. If you want them crisper I’m sure increasing the time a little will help you achieve that..

I used two chocolates because they are what I like you are welcome to just double the quantity of the same type or go for something like peanut butter and chocolate or butterscotch even. It’s always fun to try and experiment until you discover the taste that suits your cooking style and what you love to bite into…I look forward to reading your comments.. until next time stay blessed!