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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.
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26 comments:

  1. CaThYMay 5, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    很可爱哦,很均匀呢:)

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  2. CaThYMay 5, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    鲸鱼，
    谢谢你来捧场！ ：）

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  3. CaThYMay 5, 2011 at 8:45 PM

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

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  4. CaThYMay 5, 2011 at 8:46 PM

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

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  5. CaThYMay 5, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    好可愛呢！給我的話，一口一個，嘿嘿～

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  6. CaThYMay 5, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    hsling,
    嘿嘿。 请你吃：）

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  7. CaThYMay 5, 2011 at 10:52 PM

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

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  8. CaThYMay 5, 2011 at 11:20 PM

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

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  9. CaThYMay 5, 2011 at 11:31 PM

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

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  10. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    Very cute very creative!

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  11. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 6:20 AM

    Thanks DG ;)

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  12. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 6:20 AM

    Thanks ah jess! ;)

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  13. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 6:23 AM

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

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  14. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 6:24 AM

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

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  15. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 9:41 AM

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

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  16. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 10:04 AM

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

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  17. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    The mini marbled cakes are so cute ^_^

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  18. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    Neyeeloh,
    Thanks ;)

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  19. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    Thanks Jane for your kind words ;)

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  20. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 2:41 PM

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

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  21. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    So cute!!

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  22. CaThYMay 6, 2011 at 6:25 PM

    hanushi,

    Thanks ;)

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  23. CaThYMay 7, 2011 at 1:18 AM

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

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  24. CaThYMay 7, 2011 at 6:12 AM

    Jean,
    Thanks ;)

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  25. JaszirAugust 31, 2011 at 8:55 PM

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

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  26. CathysjoyAugust 31, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    Jaszir,
    about 12 small ones :)

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