Marble Tiger Cake

Mix the cocoa powder to make the chocolate batter.

Marble tiger cake.

Zebra marble or tiger cake as my girls like to call it used to be one of my favourites when i was a child. Drop a large spoonful of 1 batter in the center of the pan. Chances are your kid adores animals anyway which means she ll love this tiger cake from cookies cupcakes and cardio. Giant food cupcakes can also be purchased in packs of 6 12 or 24 and giant food bakery cupcakes can also be formed into a pull a part cake.

Follow the steps in the recipe card and learn the techniques on how to create the marble effect in the cake. Marble cake is a wonderful old fashioned baked good as pretty as it is delicious. It is best not to use an electric whisk as it will introduce too many bubbles which are not needed for this cake. Repeat with each cake pan until all the batter is used.

Remove the cake from the oven and let cool. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and serve. There s about 8 cups of batter total so each cake pan will have a little less than 3 cups of batter in it. Put the oil sugar milk eggs and vanilla extract in a large bowl and beat everything together well.

Throwing a child s party feels like a jungle anyway so why not embrace it and turn it into the theme. Not only does she show us how to ice the cake to mimic a tiger s stripes she also shows us how to bake the cake so there s a surprise inside the treat as well. My mother would never make it she used to make yeast cake with raisins for any occasion. Once cool run a butter knife around the cake and invert onto a platter.

The idea of marbling two different colored batters into a cake originated in nineteenth century germany then made its way to america with german immigrants before the civil war. Available in yellow devil s food marble and combination half yellow and half devil s food flavors each cake can be decorated with flowers balloons and or confetti. Bake the cake for 50 to 60 minutes until springy to the touch lightly browned and a toothpick inserted comes out moist but not wet. Give the pan a shake to level it all out.

In this recipe you will learn how to make the cake mix with the following ingredients. Top with a spoonful of the other batter. Pour out 400ml of this mixture or 400g as it is the same in weight into a medium bowl. It tastes great with coffee and tea without being overwhelmingly sweet or filling.