Marble Cake

Ingredients

150 gm butter

150 gm castor sugar

150 gm flour

3 eggs

1 Tbsp cocoa

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

For the Icing:

100 gm icing sugar

50 gm butter

50 gm melted chocolate

2 tsp cocoa

Sweets to decorate

Method

Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.

Gradually beat in eggs. Fold in all the flour except 1 Tbsp.

Divide batter in half.

Fold 1 tbsp flour in 1 half and the cocoa in the other. Place in alternate spoonfuls in a greased and lined 8″ cake tin.

Bake at 180 degrees centigrade for 20-25 minutes. Turn out and cool.

For the Icing:

Beat the ingredients together. Spread over cake.

Decorate and serve.