Marbled Chocolate Cake

TÜRKÇE İÇİN TIKLAYIN "Çikolatalı Mermer Kek"
PER ITALIANO "Torta di Cioccolato Marmorizzato"

Ingredients:
130g dark chocolate
130g butter, softened
130g sugar
2 eggs
160g flour
1 tsp baking powder
90g milk
10g Brandy
1 tsp vanilla

Topping:
150g white chocolate
40g cream

100g dark chocolate
25g cream


Preparation:

• Grease a 20cm diameter cake tin and cover with baking paper.

• Melt 130g chocolate with bainmarie method.
• Beat butter and sugar for 1-2 minutes at Speed 3 until creamy. Scrape down the sides with spatula.
• Start Thermomix at Speed 3-4 and add the eggs one by one through the hole of TM Lid. Beat for 40 seconds.
• Add flour and baking powder (both sifted). Mix for 30 seconds on Speed 4.
• Add milk, brandy and vanilla. Mix for 30 seconds on Speed 4.
• Transfer half of the mixture in a bowl.
• Add melted chocolate into the remaining mixture in TM Bowl. Mix for 15 seconds on Speed 4.

• Pour 1 spoon of vanilla batter in the cake tin, then pour 1 spoon of chocolate batter. Continue until you finish them all.
• Give a marbled look by using a skewer.

• Bake in preheated oven at 180ºC for 35-40 minutes. (use a toothpick to check if cooked)
• Get out of the oven. Let it rest in the tin for 15 minutes. Remove it and let it cool.

• In a clean TM Bowl place white chocolate and chop for 8 seconds on Speed 8.
• Scrape down the sides of TM Bowl. Add cream and melt for 4-5 minutes on Speed 2-3. Set aside.

• Put dark chocolate in TM Bowl, chop for 8 seconds on Speed 8.
• Add cream and melt for 4-5 minutes at 50ºC on Speed 2-3.

• Pour 1 spoon of melted white chocolate and 1 spoon of dark chocolate as in the picture and give a marbled look by using a skewer.

Enjoy...

Recommended to be consumed the same day.


Adapted with several changes from the recipe called Torta di Cioccolato Marmorizzato in the book named Pazzi per il Cioccolato.