MARBLED TEA CAKE

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A simple vanilla cake with swirls of coffee topped off with cinnamon sugar. An excellent tea time treat.

Provided by Lekshmi Remesh

Time 1h20m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup butter
¾ cup white sugar
2 eggs
½ cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
2 tablespoons boiling water
2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8 inch baking pan.
Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Use and electric mixer to beat the butter and sugar in a separate large bowl until light and fluffy. One at a time, beat the eggs into the butter mixture. Beat in 1/2 of the flour mixture, the milk, and the remaining flour. Mix well after each addition. Stir in vanilla extract.
Transfer about 1/3 of the batter to a small bowl. Dissolve the instant coffee granules in 2 tablespoons of boiling water. Stir the coffee liquid into the small bowl of batter.
Spoon 1/2 of the vanilla batter into the prepared baking pan, top with the coffee batter. Spoon the remaining vanilla batter over the coffee layer. Use a butter knife to gently swirl the batters together.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes. Dust cooled cake with cinnamon sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 315.5 calories, Carbohydrate 44.1 g, Cholesterol 78.2 mg, Fat 13.3 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 7.9 g, Sodium 373.6 mg, Sugar 19.8 g