Zebra Cake

August 16, 2008  //  28 Comments »
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The special part of this yellow and chocolate cake is the way the batter is added to the pan, and thus makes a zebra pattern when it is cut into. The recipe for this cake didn’t include a frosting, but let’s be honest – the frosting makes the cake and I just couldn’t imagine eating a naked cake! I added Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate frosting to the cake, and a half recipe was perfect for the size of this cake. I thought that the flavor of the cake was just alright, but the technique is really very neat. I may try to play around with this using different cake recipes.

The zebra stripe effect is achieved by dropping alternating spoonfuls of batter into the pan. The weight of each additional dollop of batter forces the ones below it to spread out, creating rings of alternating color. Here is what the batter looked like going into the pan:

Making baked goods is always more fun when you have the ability to share them with people, so I was happy to be able to bring this cake home with me for the weekend and enjoyed it with my mom and sister and two of our good friends

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Zebra Cake

Servings 8 to 10 servings
Prep 30 minutes
Cook 45 minutes
Total 1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Michelle

A delicious striped vanilla cake

Ingredients:

  • 4
    large eggs
  • 1
    cup
    sugar
  • 1
    cup
    milk
    (low fat is fine)
  • 1
    cup
    vegetable oil
  • 1
    tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1/8
    tsp
    almond extract
  • 2
    cups
    all purpose flour
  • 1
    tbsp
    baking powder
  • ¼
    tsp
    salt
  • 2½
    tbsp
    cocoa powder
US Customary - Metric

Directions:

  1. 1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9-inch round cake pan with a circle of parchment paper and lightly grease the bottom and sides of the pan.
  2. 2. In a large bowl, mix together eggs and sugar until mixture is light and creamy and the sugar has mostly been dissolved. Stir in milk, vegetable oil, vanilla and almond extracts.
  3. 3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Pour into wet ingredients and whisk to combine. Measure out just over two cups of vanilla batter and place it back in the medium bowl. Sift cocoa powder over the bowl and whisk until fully incorporated.
  4. 4. Put 3 tbsp of vanilla batter into the center of the pan and let it spread slightly on its own. Put 3 tbsp of chocolate batter in the center of the vanilla. It will push out the other batter and, as it sits for a moment, will also spread itself. Alternating spoonfuls of the two batters, repeat the technique until all the batter has been used up.
  5. 5. Bake for 38-42 minutes, until the cake is light gold and a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  6. 6. Let the cake cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes, then turn out the cake and remove the parchment paper. Reinvert on to a wire rack and let cool before slicing.

Nutrition:

Calories: 291kcal
Fat: 6g
Saturated fat: 3g
Cholesterol: 84mg
Sodium: 119mg
Potassium: 281mg
Carbohydrates: 52g
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 26g
Protein: 7g
Vitamin A: 170%
Calcium: 119%
Iron: 2.2%

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