Please the whole family with this fun pink marble sandwich cake. It's surprisingly easy to make – ideal for baking with children
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:30 mins
- Cook:25 mins
- plus cooling
- Easy
- Serves 10-12
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 225g butter, at room temperature, plus extra for the tin
- 225g golden caster sugar
- 225g self-raising flour
- 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 4 tbsp seedless raspberry jam
- a few drops of pink food colouring (optional)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting
For the white chocolate layer
- 200g white chocolate, chopped
- 100ml double cream
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line the bases of two 18cm sandwich tins. Beat the butter, sugar, flour and eggs together in a large bowl using an electric whisk until it's lump-free.
- STEP 2
Divide the mixture between two bowls. Beat half the jam and the food colouring, if using, into one, and beat the vanilla into the other.
- STEP 3
Spoon alternating dollops of the mixes into the prepared cake tins, then swirl together using a skewer. Do this carefully – if you overdo it, you won’t see the pattern. Smooth the tops with the back of a spoon.
- STEP 4
Bake for 20-25 mins until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tins for 10 mins, then turn out.
- STEP 5
Meanwhile, to make the white chocolate layer, put the chocolate and cream in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of just simmering water, ensuring the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Stir until the chocolate has melted into the cream and you’re left with a smooth, glossy mixture. Leave to cool completely in the fridge, stirring occasionally.
- STEP 6
Sandwich the cakes together with the remaining raspberry jam and the white chocolate mixture, then generously dust the top with icing sugar. Slice and serve.
