Marvelous Marble Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

180 g butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
3/4 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
1/2 cup milk
pink food coloring
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 tablespoon milk
Icing
90 g butter
1 cup icing sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons milk
pink food coloring

Preparation

lightly grease 20cm ring pan, cover with grease paper.
beat butter, essence and caster sugar in a small bowl with an electiric mixer until light and fluffy.
add eggs.
beating well.
transfer to a large bowl and fold in sifted flour and milk in 2 batches.
divide mixture evenly between 3 bowls.
1st bowl:
tint mixture pink.
2nd bowl:
stir sifted cocoa and extra milk.
3rd bowl:
add extra milk.
drop spoonfools of each mixture into pan.
run knife through to give a marbled effect.
bake in a moderate oven for about 40 minutes.
stand 5 minutes.
turn onto cooling rack.
icing:
beat butter with electric mixer until as white as possible.
beat in sifted icing sugar and milk in 2 batches.
divide mixture into 2 bowls.
tinting one pink.
drop spoonfools of each onto cake, use spatula to give marbled effect.