Saed News: Zebra cake is one of the simple and delicious types of cakes around the world, and its chocolate stripes make it different from other homemade cakes. It is prepared in two-colored designs, which are cocoa and vanilla.
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How to prepare fluffy and delicious zebra cake in two colors
One of the most popular homemade cakes is zebra cake. Its chocolate stripes make it different from other homemade cakes. If you want the overall cake pattern to come out clean, you must do it carefully and with patience. This cake is also known by other names such as two-color cake and zebra-striped cake. Follow the instructions below:
Eggs: 4
Flour: 2.5 cups
Sugar: 1 cup
Milk or water: 1 cup
Oil: 1 cup
Baking powder: 1 tablespoon
Vanilla: 1 teaspoon
Cocoa powder: 2 tablespoons
Step 1
First, turn on the oven and set it to 180 degrees Celsius so it gradually heats up. Sift the flour three times and pour it into a bowl. Sift the baking powder as well, add it to the flour, and set it aside.
Step 2
First, break the eggs into a bowl and if they are healthy, pour them into a larger bowl. Then add vanilla and sugar to them and mix the egg mixture with an electric mixer on high speed until the batter becomes stretchy and turns white. (Take the eggs out of the refrigerator at least half an hour before baking the cake so they reach room temperature.)
Step 3
After the mixture becomes stretchy, add the liquid oil to the sugar and egg mixture and mix a little. Then add the milk and mix all the ingredients again well with the mixer. Take 2 tablespoons of flour and set it aside.
Step 4
Then gradually add the remaining flour to the mixture and preferably mix the batter in a circular motion with a spatula so that you have a smooth mixture. Divide the resulting batter into two equal parts and add 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder to half of the batter.
Step 5
Then add the 2 tablespoons of flour that you had set aside to the other half. Then choose your desired baking pan and either line the bottom with parchment paper or grease it completely with a brush dipped in a little oil.
Step 6
Then sprinkle a little flour on the bottom of the pan. Next, to create the layers of the cake, pour one or two ladles of the white batter into the pan and allow it to spread completely in the pan, then pour one or two ladles of the cocoa batter on top of it.
The most important part of baking zebra cake:
This step must be done carefully and patiently so that your cake stripes come out neat and beautiful. For this, it is better to use two equal-sized ladles. On the parchment paper placed in the pan, pour some of the plain batter using one ladle and let it spread in a circular shape. Then, with the other ladle, pour the same amount of chocolate batter on top of the plain batter and let it take the same circular shape. Start pouring from the center of the circle so it becomes easier.
Step 7
Again, wait for it to spread in the pan and then continue layering in the same way. To shape the cake layers, you can use a toothpick to draw your desired patterns on the cake batter. Then turn on the oven at 180 degrees Celsius to preheat it.
Step 8
Finally, place the cake batter in the oven and let it bake for about 45 minutes. To make sure the cake is ready, after the baking time, insert a toothpick into the cake and pull it out.
Step 9
If no batter sticks to the toothpick, it means the cake is fully baked and you can take it out of the oven. After removing the cake from the oven, wait until it cools completely, then decorate it as desired and slice it.
