Whether you’re raising funds or fun, this light and fluffy cake is a classic fete winner!
Ingredients
- 185g butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, sifted
- Pink food colouring
Buttercream icing
- 125g butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups icing sugar mixture
- Pink food colouring
Equipment
- You'll need 1 bamboo skewer.
Method
- Step 1Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease a 7cm-deep, 11cm x 21cm (base) loaf pan.
- Step 2Using an electric mixer, beat butter, vanilla and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in flour and 1/2 cup buttermilk. Divide mixture between 3 bowls. Add cocoa and remaining buttermilk to 1 portion. Stir to combine. Tint 1 portion pink with food colouring. Keep remaining portion plain.
- Step 3Place alternate spoonfuls of mixtures into prepared pan, tapping base of pan on a flat surface to settle mixture. Using a bamboo skewer, gently swirl mixtures together to create marbled effect (see note). Tap base of pan on bench to smooth surface. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until a skewer inserted in centre of loaf comes out clean (cover cake loosely with foil if over-browning during cooking). Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
- Step 4Make icing Using an electric mixer, beat butter in a bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually add icing sugar mixture, beating constantly until combined. Tint pink with food colouring.
- Step 5Spread loaf with icing. Slice.
- High protein
Nutrition
2170 kj
Energy
27.8g
Fat Total
17.6g
Saturated Fat
1.1g
Fibre
5.9g
Protein
137mg
Cholesterol
452mg
Sodium
62.9g
Carbs (total)
All nutrition values are per serve
Notes
All about marbling: Spoon mixtures alternately into prepared pan. Tap base on a flat surface to settle mixtures. Using a bamboo skewer, gently swirl mixtures together to create a marbled effect.
- Author: Claire Brookman
- Image credit: Ben Dearnley
- Publication: Super Food Ideas
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