Colourful Marble Butter Cake

Recipe: Adapted from " I Love Butter Cake Too 2" by Kevin Chai

Ingredients: 

300g butter (room temperature)

250g caster sugar

250g plain flour      

5g baking powder

20g milk powder

4 eggs

100 ml fresh milk

12 teaspoon  pandan essence

1/4 teaspoon strawberry emulco

15g cocoa powder

Method:

1)  Preheat oven to 160 degree C, grease and line a 18 cm (7 inches) square baking pan.

2)  Beat butter and sugar till soft and creamy.

3)  Add in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

4) Sift together the flour, baking powder and milk powder. Fold into (3),  alternately  fold in fresh milk. Mix until well combined.

5)  Divide batter into 3 portions.  Stir in pandan essence and strawberry emulco respectively.  The other retains the original flavour.

6)  Spoon and spread batter alternately into prepared pan, sprinkle cocoa powder through a sieve on each layer, repeat the steps until done.

7)  Bake in oven for 50-60 minutes or until cooked.

Food review: Looks colourful and tastes more confusing than it looks! In my opinion, the flavours clash with one another and the cake ends up too sweet. Next time, I will try to only add colouring without the flavours, and reduce sugar content at the same time.