Owl cake ?

I'm supposed to make a zebra cake, & I have not get the technique right.  But this is a wonderful butter cake recipe.

Adapted from Zebra Cake from Singapore Home Cooks (SHC) by Jenny Lim. 

Ingredients: (9 inch round pan)

230g salted butter, softened at room temperature

200g sugar

4 egg eggs 

1 tsp vanilla extract

200g self raising flour, sifted 

60ml milk 

10g cocoa powder

Method:

1. Line the base & grease the sides of the baking pan.

2. Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add in vanilla extract & milk and beat for a while. 

3. Add in egg one at a time and beat well after each addition.

4. Add in flour, in 2 additions, mix them well into the batter.

5.  Divide the mixture into 2 equal portions, add cocoa powder to one of the portion and mix well. Set both aside.

Note: If you just want Mabel, pour the plain batter then the chocolate batter in the middle & stir with a chopsticks. Skip step 6. 

6.  To get the Zebra like prints : Using a tablespoon, scoop 1 tablespoon of the original batter into the centre of the  pan. Then scoop 1 tablespoon of cocoa batter on top of the centre of the original batter. Alternate the 2 batters until done.

7.  Bake at 180 deg C in a preheated oven for 45 minutes  or until skewer  comes out clean.  Reduce the temperature if the top turns brown too fast or start to  crack.

Chin's notes:

12th Oct 2014: I managed to get the visible prints on my cake using a different recipe, here is a link to the recipe : Zebra Cake Finally!!!

Bon appétit!