Servings : 8"-9" round cake
I got this recipe online about a year ago from HERE and fell in love with the beautiful pattern.
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar (8 fl oz./250g) - you can increase to 1½ cups for a sweeter cake
- 1 cup milk, at room temperature (8 fl oz./250ml)
- 1 cup oil (8 fl oz./300g) corn, vegetable or canola is fine
- 2 cups plain/all purpose flour (10 oz./300g)
- 1/3 tsp. vanilla powder (or you can use 1 tsp. vanilla essence instead)
- 1 tbsp. baking powder
- 2 tbsp. dark cocoa powder
Instructions
1. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs and sugar. Using a hand-held electric mixer or wire whisk beat until the mixture is creamy and light in color.
2. Add milk and oil, and continue beating until well blended.
3. In a separate bowl, combine and mix flour, vanilla powder and baking powder. Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat just until the batter is smooth and the dry ingredients are thoroughly incorporated. (DO NOT OVERBEAT to prevent air pockets from forming in the batter. The batter should be of medium consistency, not too thick and not too watery.
4. Divide the mixture into 2 equal portions. Keep one portion plain. Add cocoa powder into another and mix well.
5. Preheat the oven to 350F (180C).
6. Lightly grease a 9″ round pan.
7. The most important part is assembling the cake batter in a baking pan. This is what you do. Scoop 3 heaped tablespoons of plain batter (you can also use a ladle that would hold 3 tablespoons) into the middle of the baking pan. Then scoop 3 tablespoons of cocoa batter and pour it in the center on top of the plain batter. IMPORTANT! Do not stop and wait until the previous batter spreads – KEEP GOING! Do not spread the batter or tilt the pan to distribute the mixture. It will spread by itself and fill the pan gradually. Continue alternating the batters until you finish them.
8. Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes. Do not open the oven door at least the first 20 minutes or the cake will shrink and will not rise. To check if the cake is ready, insert a toothpick into the center. It should come out clean when ready. Remove from the oven. Immediately run a small thin knife around the inside of the pan to loosen the cake, and then invert the cake onto a cooking rack. Turn the cake back over and let cool. You can sprinkle the top of the cake with some powdered (confectioner’s) sugar or leave it plain.
Salam sis. I want to use this
Salam sis. I want to use this recipe to make a rainbow cake for my daughter’s birthday. I want to use just 3 colours. Any tips? Should I follow the same method only layering 3 times?? Any advice would be great. Jazakallah xx
W/Salaam, yes exactly, same
W/Salaam, yes exactly, same method just divide the batter in three and use a different colour for each then layer 3 times.
Asak
Asak
Can I use rice milk in dis recipe as my daughter is on dairy free diet…or do know any dairy free cake recipe?? Jazakallah
W/Salaam, try this cake, use
W/Salaam, try this cake, use hot water in place of milk and instead of the butter you could use oil or whatever butter substitute your daughter uses. 🙂
http://www.fauziaskitchenfun.com/date-cake
Thanku so much for ur quick
Thanku so much for ur quick reply…
After adding everything how
After adding everything how much time we have to mix it secondly there were bubbles in my cake and under the cake there is a whole in the centre and it is not plane can you tell me why and i have measure the ingredients exactly you told
You can mix well in the first
You can mix well in the first stages but after the FLOUR goes in you only mix until combined. Too much mixing causes an uneven texture and a tough cake.
thanks for your quick
thanks for your quick response
assalamoalaikum .. i tried
assalamoalaikum .. i tried this cake and followed the recipe exactly as it was bt i cdnt get da zebra patterns .. aftrt a few min in da oven the black nd da white pats mixed up .. altough it was soft nd tasty ..
pls ,my oven has top and
pls ,my oven has top and bottom heating heating elements and without fan .pls advice the oven settings
About the elements that need
About the elements that need to be switched on, my oven works differently (I don’t have to switch on various rods at any time) but I believe for ovens like what you are using, start with the bottom one and then midway turn on the top. Accordingly see how the results are and adjust. 🙂
Salaams Fauzia
Salaams Fauzia
Made this zebra cake today and it turned out so nice. In fact it looked so beautiful. The taste and the texture was perfect, followed your recipe exactly step by step. You have made my cooking so very interesting and tension free. Thank you so much. I want to send you the pictures of all your recipes which I have made but I do not have a Facebook account so how can I send you the photos? Thank you
W/Salaam, thank you so much!
W/Salaam, thank you so much! You can email the pics to me on fauziaskitchenfun@hotmail.com 🙂
Hi fauzia, can I use
Hi fauzia, can I use sunflower oil for this cake receipe
Hi, if it does not have a
Hi, if it does not have a funny smell or taste then yes.
Hi fauzia, which brand of
Hi fauzia, which brand of cocoa powder you used for this cake?
Hi, Cadbury’s Cocoa powder.
Hi, Cadbury’s Cocoa powder.
Assalamualaikum Fauzia 🙂
Assalamualaikum Fauzia 🙂
you recipes are great and easy to follow. Masha Allah 🙂 Good going <3
COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME IF I CAN USE CAKE FLOUR FOR THIS RECIPE?
W/Salaam, thank you. Yes you
W/Salaam, thank you. Yes you can use cake flour.
Hi fauzia, i made this recipe
Hi fauzia, i made this recipe and it turned out yummy.
I have only one question….my cake top became kinda hard when it came out of the oven. Almost like a crust. Could you tell me why that happened ?
Aside from that, it turned out great.
Hi, thanks for the lovely
Hi, thanks for the lovely feedback! Could it be that you baked the cake for longer than the recommended time?
Assalam-o-alaikum fauzia. I
Assalam-o-alaikum fauzia. I baked this cake. I don’t have beater or whisker so i beated the batter using folk and when i added cocoa powder in another batter air pockets formed. I don’t know what went wrong. Please suggest what to do so that it may not happen again. And i followed the exact reciepe of your’s it’s wrotten to bake the cake for 40 minutes but mine got baked in less than 30 minutes and when i checked after 25 minutes it was burnt from sides and down. What should be the baking time to bake cake perfectly?
W/Salaam. Using a fork is ok
W/Salaam. Using a fork is ok but when mixing the cocoa powder into the batter use a spoon and mix well. Make sure the cocoa powder is sifted so it has no lumps and add it in gradually. As for the baking time 25 mins is very short to burn the cake so it means your oven temperature was too high or your oven runs too hot. Have that checked. :))
Asalamualaikum I made the
Asalamualaikum I made the cake today it was lovely easy recipe .Just one query fauzia why is there taste of baking powder coming in it should I reduce the amount
W/Salaam, there should be no
W/Salaam, there should be no taste of baking powder. It could be the brand you are using, you could try changing it and trying a different brand. 🙂
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Asalamu alaikm fauzia
Asalamu alaikm fauzia
Ma shaa Allah you are doing great job…. most imp thing is that you are so soft to you fans & it’s plus point…. we have made a lot of dishes from your recipes nd they turned out lovely Ma shaa Allah. ….
I tried your Zebra cake it came out gud bul not properly cooked from inside bt taste n outside was yummmy. ..
I have an electric oven I don’t know how to set it… if I set it on low heat it takes much time like 1 hour sometimes bt if I set it on high heat my cake burns 🙁
What I should do…. I think prblm is with my oven…. what can I do…. how I should set its heat?
Jazakillah
W/Salaam, thanks for the
W/Salaam, thanks for the lovely feedback. Does your oven have a temperature regulator? There should be a knob somewhere that shows you what temp the oven is being set on. If there isn’t one, then am afraid it will always be a matter of guesswork unless you invest in a better oven OR buy an oven thermometer which will help show you what temp your oven is heating to.
Thank you fauzia.
Thank you fauzia.
It’s not the always problem with me… I have biscuits, roasted chicken, puff pastry etc & they have lovely taste n texture bt problem is always with my cakes n cupcakes 🙁
Heat setting for my cakes n cupcakes is very imp..
Assalam-o-Alaikum
Assalam-o-Alaikum
Will you please tell me that how much flour we use in this zebra cake as u wrote
2 cups plain/all purpose flour (10 oz./300g)
As 2 cups are not equal to 300gms
W/Salaam, for this particular
W/Salaam, for this particular recipe that I learnt from someone else, the measurement for them is that 1 cup of flour equals 150g. So please weigh the measurement very carefully and use.
Assalamu alaikum…can i use
Assalamu alaikum…can i use this batter to make cupcakes?
If yes for how much time it will take to bake?
W/Salaam, yes you can.
W/Salaam, yes you can. Cupcakes generally take between 12 and 15 minutes to bake, check with a toothpick to be sure they are properly baked.
Salams sis…
Salams sis…
My cake turned out hard and it was raised up and cracked… y is that?? Last time also with a different type of cake the same happened, raised and cracked… but that was soft..
W/Salaam, please read through
W/Salaam, please read through this note:
http://www.fauziaskitchenfun.com/cake-mistakes-find-out-why