Chocolate Lemon Marble Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups refined flour (maida) + for dusting
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• Zest of 1 Italian lemon
• 2 eggs 
• 100 grams butter + for greasing
• 1¼ cups powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt 
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 
• 1 cup milk

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180̊ C. 
2. Break eggs in a bowl and whisk using an electric beater. Add 100 grams butter and whisk till light. Add powdered sugar and whisk well.
3. Sift together 2 cups flour, salt and baking powder. Add vanilla essence and milk and fold well to make a smooth batter.
4. Put ¼ of the batter in another bowl. Sift cocoa powder and mix well. 
5. Grate lemon zest in the plain batter and mix well. 
6. Grease a baking loaf tin with some butter and dust with some flour. 
7. Divide plain batter into 3 equal portions. Put one portion of plain batter and spread. Layer with half of cocoa batter, 2nd portion of plain batter, remaining cocoa batter and remaining plain batter and spread evenly. 
8. Swirl the layers using a satay stick to give a marble effect and top with dark chocolate chips and tap. 
9. Place the tin on a baking tray. Put the tray into the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven, cool and demould.
10. Slice and serve.