Chocolate Ombré Butter Cake

Ingredients :

*Cocoa paste*
25g cocoa powder
50g sugar
50g boiling water
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/3 tsp baking soda

1. Pour boiling water into cocoa powder. Stir until smooth. Add in sugar , vanilla and baking soda and stir until smooth. Set aside

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120g plain flour
100g cake/low protein/ super soft flour
2 tsp baking powder
*its ok to use all plain flour*

2. Sift together, TWICE .
Preheat oven at 180C. Prepare an 8 inch square pan, grease the sides and line the base.

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250g salted butter, slightly softened
160g sugar
4 large Grade A eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
75ml milk

3. Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs , one by one, until smooth and well incorporated. Beat in vanilla.

4. Add half the sifted flour, and beat on low speed.
Add in milk and beat until incorporated
Add in remaining flour and beat on low speed until smooth.

5. Measure out 325g of batter and put it into the cocoa mixture. Stir until smooth. Spoon 325g of the cocoa batter into the prepared pan. Level and knock it on the counter twice.

6. With the remaining cocoa mixture, add in 225g of batter and mix until combined. Gently spoon this onto the dark cocoa layer. Level and knock it on the counter twice.

7. Spoon remaining batter into the pan. Level and knock it once.

8. Bake for 1 hour or until skewer comes out clean.

9. Remove from cake pan and slice when Cake has totally cooled down.

Happy baking