Thursday, May 5, 2011

Mini Marbled Hearty Pound Cakes

I simply adore this marbled pound cake. Isn't it cute? *^_^*
Notice the red dot in the centre of the pound cake? I actually added a red heart but it somehow 'disappeared' after out from the oven. Such a disappointment! :(


Marbled Pound Cake

(Recipe adapted & modified from Technicolor Kitchen)

Ingredients
140g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
120g salted butter, at room temperature
85g sugar
2 whole eggs & 1 yolk
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 Tbsp milk
4og melted chocolate

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

2. Sift together the flour & baking powder.

3. Beat the butter & sugar until pale & fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time until combined. Mix in the milk & vanilla essence. Add in sifted flour mixture.

4. After the batter is fully mixed, transfer 1/2 of it to another bowl & gently blend in the melted, cooled chocolate. Pipe alternate of the light & dark batters in the mould.

5. Bake for 15mins.

Happy Mother's Day!


I am submitting this entry to Aspiring Bakers #7 - Chocolate Delight (May 2011) hosted by Doris from Tested & tasted.

26 comments:

CaThY said...

很可爱哦,很均匀呢:)

CaThY said...

鲸鱼,
谢谢你来捧场! :)

CaThY said...

Cathy, this is cute! Can I have a piece of it :)

CaThY said...

Min,
Sure! Feel free to help yourself with those pound cakes ;)

CaThY said...

好可愛呢!給我的話,一口一個,嘿嘿~

CaThY said...

hsling,
嘿嘿。 请你吃:)

CaThY said...

This is so cute :) Wonder how you pipe this?

CaThY said...

i'm still have no idea how you do the marbles so beautifully and neat on these cakes!

CaThY said...

new molds in action again! the texture looks so good!

CaThY said...

Very cute very creative!

CaThY said...

Thanks DG ;)

CaThY said...

Thanks ah jess! ;)

CaThY said...

Anncoo,
I just piped the light & dark batters in different corners of the mould ;)

CaThY said...

Lena,
I just piped the light & dark batters in different corners of the mould ;)

CaThY said...

oooo .... they look so cute and petite.

CaThY said...

The heart marble cake looks so pretty! I love your carefully created designs on each of the hearts! Looks very delicate with its size!

CaThY said...

The mini marbled cakes are so cute ^_^

CaThY said...

Neyeeloh,
Thanks ;)

CaThY said...

Thanks Jane for your kind words ;)

CaThY said...

Christine,
Yeah, I totally agreed with you that they were cute ;)

CaThY said...

So cute!!

CaThY said...

hanushi,

Thanks ;)

CaThY said...

hey this looks really tough to make...and you've done it! looks really beautiful :)

CaThY said...

Jean,
Thanks ;)

Jaszir said...

hii these look really cute and pretty. how many of these small pound cakes would the recipe make?

Cathysjoy said...

Jaszir,
about 12 small ones :)

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