Marble Cake

Ingredients:

Butter 1/2 cup

Sugar 1 cup

Eggs 3

Flour 1 and 3/4 cup

Baking powder 2 tsp

Buttermilk 3/4 cup

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Cocoa powder 1/4 cup

Hot water 2 tbsp 

Cooking chocolate 1/2 cup

Butter 1 tbsp

Icing sugar 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence few drops

Method:

Preheat oven at 150c and grease cake pan.

Mix flour and baking powder; set aside. 

In a large bowl add Butter and sugar and beat till creamy. Add eggs one at a time. Beat well. 

Now add flour alternating with buttermilk. 

Beat and add remaining flour and buttermilk. 

Take 1/4 mixture out in a separate bowl. 

In a small bowl mix cocoa and hot water, mix till smooth paste form. 

Mix this paste of cocoa in 1/4 batter and mix well. 

Pour half plain batter in pan and spread the cocoa batter on it. 

Pour remaining batter on cocoa batter. Run a knife through the batter in swirling motion to give the marble effect. Bake at 180c till done. 

Place chocolate, icing sugar, butter and vanilla essence in a pan and cook till melt. 

Spread on cake and let it cool down. 

Cut in slices and serve.