Marble Cake

INGREDIENTS

55g dark chocolate
1tbsp brewed espresso
290g self-raising flour
1/4tsp salt
1/2tsp ground cinnamon
115g unsalted butter
250g granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1tsp vanilla essence
3/4cup soured cream
1/3cup milk

• > Preheat oven at gas mark 4 (175C)
• > Melt the dark chocolate with the coffee in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Set aside.
• > In another bowl, sift the flour, salt and cinnamon together. Set aside.
• > In another bowl, cream the butter and gradually add sugar. Beat the mixture about 5 minutes until it's nice and fluffy.
• > Add 1 egg at a time to the butter mixture and continue beating.
• > Beat in vanilla extract and soured cream into the butter mixture.
• > Alternate at adding flour mixture and milk into the butter mixture, and mix well.
• > Pour half of the mixture into the bowl with the melted chocolate and stir.
• > Spoon in a couple of spoons of vanilla batter into the cake pan and alternate with a couple of spoons of chocolate batter.
• > When all the batter is in the cake pan, to have the marble effect, using the handle end of a spoon, gently swirl the batter. DO NOT OVER MIX.
• > Place the cake pan into the preheated oven for about an hour or until the skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the the cake.