Zebra Cake | Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana

A complete dramatic cake which involves folding chocolate and vanilla cake batter to form marble or zebra effect.

ZEBRA CAKE

Ingredients

1½ cups refined flour + for dusting
Butter for greasing
1½ cups castor sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
½ cup oil
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ cup milk
Edible white gel colour as required
Edible black gel colour as required
Whipped cream as required

Method

1. Preheat oven at 180ºC. Grease a baking tin with some butter and dust some refined flour.
2. Take castor sugar in a bowl. Add eggs and vanilla essence and whisk using an electric blender till one string consistency. Add oil and whisk again.
3. Sieve refined flour and baking powder in egg mixture and fold well. Add milk and fold again.
4. Divide the batter equally in two different bowls. Add white gel colour to one bowl and black gel colour to another bowl and mix well.
5. Line the greased tin with 2-3 ladles of white batter and swirl on with ladles of black batter to give a zebra pattern. Repeat the process till both the batters are completely used.
6. Put the baking tin on a baking tray. Place the baking tray in preheated oven and bake for 30-35 minutes. Remove from heat, cool and demould.
7. Place the cake on a cake board placed on a turn table and discard the top and side hard crusts to level it out. Spread some whipped cream on the board and put the cake on top. Spread some more whipped cream on the cake, covering the sides as well and level it out with a palette knife.
8. Take some whipped cream in a bowl. Add few drops of edible black gel colour and mix well.
9. Fill a piping bag fitted with a flat nozzle with the black coloured whipped cream and pipe out on the cake to decorate.
10. Serve.

Preparation time: 30-35 minutes
Cooking Time: 30-35 minutes

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Cuisine - Fusion

Course - Desserts

Dish - Desserts