Milk-free cake

Try this simple chocolate and vanilla sponge cake for an easy, milk-free weekend bake. It uses an all-in-one method to save time in the kitchen

Prep:20 mins
Cook:50 mins

Serves 8
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 388
fat 21g
saturates 4g
carbs 22g
sugars 0g
fibre 13g
protein 20g
salt 1g

Ingredients

250g butter
4 eggs
250g sugar
250g plain flour
80g vanilla pudding (or cornflour plus 1 tsp vanilla extract)
5g baking powder
5ml vanilla extract
20g cocoa
icing sugar for dusting

Method

Start by melting the butter and cooling it down. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Beat the eggs with the sugar in a mixer until pale and fluffy, then fold in the flour, vanilla pudding, baking powder, vanilla and cooled butter to make a smooth batter.
Pour ¾ of the prepared dough into a 950g loaf tin or 20cm round lined cake tin, and add the cocoa to the remaining batter. Pour the chocolate mixture down the centre of the pale batter. Bake for 40 mins. After baking, cool the cake and sprinkle it with icing sugar or cover it with chocolate glaze, if you prefer.

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