Chocolate Almond Marble Cake

Ingredients

Softened butter 180 gm
Caster sugar 225g
Almond essence ¾ tsp
Baking powder 2 tsp
Plain flour 180 gm
Ground almonds 75g
Eggs 3
Milk 2 tbsp
Cocoa powder 3 tbsp
Hot water 3 tbsp
Chocolate chips 100 gm
Icing sugar to dust 30 gm

Method

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
Stir in the almond essence.
Sift baking powder, flour and ground almonds.
Mix coco powder & hot water.
Beat in one egg at a time, adding a spoonful of the flour mixture in between.
Repeat until all three eggs have been added, then fold in the remaining flour mixture and stir in the milk.
Spoon half of the cake batter into a separate bowl and mix in the cocoa paste.
Add the chocolate chips to the other half of the mixture.
Add spoonfuls of each of the batters alternately to the greased baking tin and drag the handle of a teaspoon through the mixture to create a marbled effect.
Bake at 180 degrees C for around 40 minutes and then test the cake to see if a skewer inserted into the deepest part comes out clean.

Let the cake cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack. Once cooled, dust the cake with a little icing sugar.

Chocolate Almond Marble Cake