Marble Cake: A Simple and Very Quick Recipe
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It seems like preparing beautiful desserts requires a lot of time and exotic ingredients. This is a misconception. This marble cake takes less than an hour to prepare in a slow cooker, looks amazing, and melts in your mouth. This cake is also known as Zebra. It's all about its stripes, which form two types of dough: rich chocolate and delicate vanilla. The recipe is incredibly easy. It only takes 10 minutes to mix and requires only the simplest ingredients.
How to cook a cupcake in a slow cooker
To make marble cake in a slow cooker, following the classic recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
- 500 grams of wheat flour
- 400 grams of sugar
- 200 grams of sour cream
- 110 grams of butter (100 grams of which is for the dough, the rest is for greasing the multicooker bowl)
- 2 eggs
- A packet of baking powder (about 5 grams) or half a teaspoon of baking soda, slaked with vinegar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- A pinch of vanillin or 10-15 grams of vanilla sugar
Before preparing the dough, the recipe recommends sifting the flour through a fine sieve. This will infuse it with air, resulting in a fluffy, airy zebra cake, while any impurities will be caught in the sieve.
The butter needs to be melted until it's liquid. You can melt it over a stove or in the microwave, but it's best to do it the old-fashioned way: cut the butter into small pieces, place them in a bowl, and place them in a double boiler. This ensures it doesn't burn, overheat, or separate into its constituent parts.
In a separate bowl, beat the eggs until they become smooth, light, and foamy. While stirring constantly, add the sugar, whisking continuously until it's completely dissolved. Then, whisk in the sour cream. Pour the melted butter into the egg-sour cream mixture in a thin stream. Once thoroughly mixed, add the flour little by little.
Vanilla and chocolate
The dough must be thoroughly mixed, removing all lumps. It's best to do this with a wooden spatula rather than a mixer. Once all the ingredients are combined, the dough will be smooth and stretchy. Divide it into two equal parts. One half will be vanilla, the other chocolate. Accordingly, add vanilla to one part of the dough, and cocoa to the other, and mix thoroughly.
For a richer chocolate flavor, you can use real white or dark chocolate chips. Depending on the desired flavor intensity, melt a few chocolate chips, mix them with butter, and add them to the batter. This zebra cake will be less fluffy. Its texture will be denser than the classic recipe, and the flavor will be more contrasting.
Original stripes
To create a truly beautiful zebra, the dough must be poured into a pre-greased baking bowl in a specific pattern. Pour two tablespoons of chocolate dough into the center of the bowl. Pour vanilla dough into the center of the chocolate dough. Continue adding the dough alternately until you run out. The resulting pattern should resemble a shooting gallery target.
To give the Zebra cake a more elegant look, use a wooden skewer to draw lines from the edge of the bowl to the center. The lines form a flower on the surface of the cake and beautiful stripes inside. Bake the Zebra cake in the "Bake" mode for about 50-60 minutes, depending on the power of your multicooker.
If the recipe is followed correctly, the finished cupcake looks festive on its own and requires no additional decoration. However, if you'd like to add a touch of gloss, you can make an easy glaze. To do this, break a chocolate bar into pieces, add 20 grams of water, and heat until liquid. In a separate bowl, melt the butter and mix it with the liquid chocolate. Drizzle the glaze over the cupcake and let it cool.
This soft, sweet marble cake looks impressive, is loved by confectioners for its simple recipe, and is a favorite among those with a sweet tooth for its unique, rich flavor.
