Easy Zebra Cake Recipe

Instructions

• Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 180 °C.
• To prepare for the chocolate batter, mix the cocoa powder, milk and icing sugar in a medium bowl.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix butter with sugar until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time and mix until incorporated. Afterwards, add the vanilla extract.  
• While whisking, slowly add the milk to the batter. Then, add half of the flour mixture, whisk until incorporated, and repeat with the second half of the flour mixture.
• Add two cups of the vanilla batter to the chocolate batter and whisk until fully incorporated.
• Start adding the two batters in the loaf pan. First add a stripe of vanilla batter, then a stripe of chocolate batter, and keep alternating between the two. Use the method that works best for you, whether it is with a piping bag or just with a spoon. For me, using a spoon was the faster method so I decided to do it like that.
• Before putting the cake in the oven, put some thin slices of butter in the middle of the cake over the length of the loaf pan.
• Bake the cake for about 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Let the cake cool for a bit before removing it from the pan. You can start cutting the cake when it is still slightly warm. Serve it as is, or topped with a chocolate ganache!