Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Orange Marble Cake Food

VEGAN MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare cake tins with a light coat of non-stick spray and line with parchment rounds.
• In a small bowl, add vinegar to the milk and set aside to curdle.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter until smooth. Add sugar and cream 2-3 min, until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, cornstarch and mix to combine. Alternate back and forth between adding some of the milk and flour mixture, whisking or blending after each addition. Then mix until smooth.
• Fill a coffee cup with 1/4 cup of water and microwave approx 30-40 seconds to bring to a boil. Grab a small bowl and mix together 3 tablespoons of that boiling water with the cocoa powder until smooth. Then add 1 cup of your batter to the cocoa blend. Mix until nice and chocolate-y.
• Start with putting a 1/3 cup of vanilla batter in the middle of the both pans and then 1/4 cup of chocolate batter right on top of it. Then pour another 1/3 cup of vanilla cake batter on the center in the middle of the pan. Repeat with another scoop of the chocolate batter, and repeat until you've used up all the batter. You can leave this just as is, or I like to drag a knife or skewer through the batter, creating a spiderweb look.
• Bake 25-30 minutes, until a knife or toothpick inserted through the center comes out clean. Transfer to a cooling rack and let cool completely before frosting.
• Using a handheld or stand mixer, beat the shortening until smooth.
• With the mixer running on low, add powdered sugar and vanilla, and beat to incorporate. Add 1 tablespoon of espresso liquid at a time, as needed, until it reaches desired frosting consistency and espresso flavor. You may not need to use all of the espresso liquid. Beat on high for 2 minutes, until light and fluffy.
• Frost and decorate as desired.

GLUTEN FREE VEGAN CHOCOLATE ORANGE MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan. Grease and line a 1lb loaf tin.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl
• Add the oil, water and orange juice and mix to combine
• Split the mixture into two bowls and to one add the orange zest and to the other add the cocoa powder.
• Add the batters to the loaf tin, alternating the colours. Using a knife or skewer, swirl the mixtures in the tin slightly to create the marble effect.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack. Leave to cool then enhoy!

CHOCOLATE ORANGE MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Grease and line the base of a loaf tin (8 x 21cm/ 2lb) with baking parchment. Beat the butter, sugar, eggs and flour together in a large bowl with an electric whisk or in a food processor until lump free.
• Split the mixture into two bowls, beat the milk, followed by the cocoa powder into one. Beat the orange juice, zest and orange food colouring, if using, into the other.
• Spoon alternate dollops of the mixture into the cake tin, then use a skewer to create a marble pattern by dragging it through the mixture in swirls. Make sure you don't overmix or you won't see the pattern. Smooth the surface if necessary.
• Bake the cake for 45 - 55 mins until golden and risen, and a skewer poked in comes out clean.
• Leave the cake in the tin to cool, then turn out. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over barely simmering water or gently in the microwave. Use a spoon to drizzle the chocolate over the cake.