Mocha Marble Cake
I turned 21 today so obvs had to whip up my own bday cake
Ingredients
whip frosting
coffee soak
Directions
- 1
Line 2x 7” cake tins and preheat oven to 180c
- 2
Make the buttermilk by combining milk and lemon juice and setting aside to curdle
- 3
Whisk in the butter, nut butter, sugars, vanilla
- 4
Sieve in the dry: flour baking powder baking soda and whisk until just combined
- 5
Divide the batter into two bowls and fold in the cocoa powder and coffee to one
- 6
Add alternating dollops of each batter into the tins, and swirl with a knife to create the marble effect
- 7
Bake for 26-27mins and then let cool
- 8
Whip the cream to stiff peaks before folding in the icing sugar and vanilla extract
- 9
Make the coffee syrup soak by combining all ingredients and setting aside
- 10
Assemble: soak the sponges in the syrup and sandwich and top with the cream. Dust generously with cocoa powder and ENJOY