Marble cakes are one of my favourite cakes growing up. As a kid, I was always amazed by the waved like patterns in the cake. Turns out it is really easy to make it – all you need is a spoon to swirl the mixture around and the best part is that now I get to decide the types of swirls I want in my cake! Ingredients 120g unsalted butter (at room temperature) 225g self raising flour 100g caster sugar 4 large eggs (at room temperature) 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence 4 tablespoon of non-fat yoghurt or greek yoghurt (tastes better with greek yoghurt) 50g of grated dark chocolate (optional) Directions Preparation time: 20 min Baking time: 30-40 min Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Grease a loaf pan Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy Add in the egg one at a time and continue to whisk Add in the yoghurt, one tablespoons at a time and 1 tsp of vanilla essence Sieve the flour into the …

I love the smell of coffee in the morning. Living in Australia for the past four years has made me grown to love coffee – although I am trying my best not to get addicted to it. The first time I made this cake was using instant coffee without any coffee essence added. I couldn’t get the flavour of the coffee into the cake. So I experimented it again, this time, I went out to the cafe and got two espresso shots, hoping that the coffee taste would be stronger. However, it was not fragrant enough. In the end, my friend suggested to use coffee essence and the cake turned out to be perfect. Saves me money buying expensive coffee for the cake too! I made this cake so many times that I have different variations of it. If you prefer a lighter version, use two eggs instead of three. Buttermilk (150ml) can also be used as a substitute for the yoghurt. Hope that you’ll enjoy the cake as much as I did! Ingredients 120g …