SOUR CREAM MARBLE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients:
(Recipe adapted from here)


Chocolate Paste
3 tbsp cocoa powder
3 tbsp hot water

Cake Batter
250g butter, room temperature
350g caster sugar
5 medium eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
210g sour cream (you can replace with yogurt)
420g all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup chocolate chips (I omitted this)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda.
2. In a small bowl, mix the cocoa powder and the hot water together to make a smooth  paste.
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together till light and fluffy. Blend in the eggs and then vanilla. Then add in the sour cream, and scraping the bottom of the mixing bowl to make sure it is evenly combined.
4. Fold in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and blend well. Lastly, mix in the chocolate chips or chopped chocolate chunks into the batter and mix well.
5. Remove 1/2 of the batter and mix in the chocolate paste in to it.
6. Spoon in big scoops of vanilla batter into the baking pan and alternating with some spoons on chocolate batter as well to create the marble effect. Repeat till all the batter has been put in.
7. Place in the oven to bake for 35mins or 40 to 50 minutes if you use a bundt pan, depending on your oven. Bake till golden brown and the tester comes out clean. If the top of the cake browns too quickly, cover with foil first until done.
8. Once baked, remove from oven and let cool on rack for 15 minutes, then remove from pan and let cool completely. Enjoy!!