Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Zebra Cake for Taste & Create

Dear All,
Baking,Cakes,Chocolate,Tea Time Treats,Zebra Cake
Before I start with my post , today is my baby sister R's birthday, I wish her all the happiness in the world....Happy Birthday honey !!!!

This month for Taste and Create i was paired up against the very talented Poornima from Tasty Treats, I am sure everyone is aware of her wonderful collection of recipes. I have been following her blog since i started blogging and i truly admire her talent for cooking and baking. There are many dishes which I wanted to try out from her blog especially her Spiced Hot Chocolate which is my favorite!!

From all the delicacies, I chose the delicious Zebra Cake, my strips arnt very clear most probably because i baked these in a rectangular pan as i couldnt find my circular pan (I have been packing for india). The taste was delicious and the cake turned out so moist, its perfect as a tea time treat and quite simple and easy to prepare. I personally love the striking contrast of chocolate and vanilla flavors, it looks gorgeous dont you think?

Thanks Poornima for this wonderful cake, this is off to Taste  and Create for the month of September. I am dedicating this cake to my sister R as well :)

This cake also goes to Kids Delight event by Srivalli and to CFK - Chocolates guest hosted by Hema, mastermind of Sharmi

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I made half of the below recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
4 medium eggs
1 heaping cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp coco powder
Baking,Cakes,Chocolate,Tea Time Treats,Zebra Cake

Procedure:
  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
  • Grease and line a 9inch cake pan.
  • Sift flour and baking powder together and set is aside.
  • Beat together eggs and sugar until light and frothy.
  • Add in vanilla, oil and milk, beat well until well blended.
  • Now add in flour in 3 to 4 intervals and beat well.
  • Divide the batter into 2 bowls.
  • Add in the coco powder in one of the bowls and beat well.
  • Spoon about 3 tbsp of vanilla batter in the center of the pan.
  • On top of vanilla batter add 3 tbsp of chocolate batter and go on.
  • Donot stir, shake or swirl, the batter will spread by itself as you go on.
Serve the cake with some chocolate sauce drizzled or like my favorite way with some fresh whipped cream.

77 comments:

  1. I think I've made the same recipe! From Farida's cookbook?? It was amazing fun, though it didn't work out as well! It really does look gorgeous!!

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  2. Happy Birthday to your baby sister! :-)))
    Ha! Now come to the delicious part....mmmm..I want to try a slice of your zebra cake...the chocolate sauce is a nice add.
    Angie's Recipes

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  3. Parita - looks delicious - perfect to go with a steaming cup of coffee!

    Happy bday to ur sis!

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  4. B'day wishes to your sister Parita... cake looks very perfect and delicious.. yet to try my hands on this :)

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  5. Birthday wishes to your sis..Zebra cakes looke very gorgeous and prefect Parita..

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  6. wow!!! Cake looks yummy and has come out perfect!! Yummy click Parita.

    Also my birthday wishes to your sis.

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  7. Cake looks very yummy Paritha.Love the way u have decorated them.

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  8. love the addition of choc sauce :) happy b' day to ye sis!

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  9. love the addition of choc sauce :) happy b' day to ye sis!

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  10. this is such a yummy, cute and innovative recipe!

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  11. Happy birthday to your sister! This cake is so beautiful and I love the cute name! ;)

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  12. and many happy returns of the day to ur sis!

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  13. Best wishes to little sis,the cake looks gorgeous :)

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  14. Heyyy...the cake looks wonderful. Love the chocolate drizzle, YUMM!!

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  15. A perfect desert with some whipped cream.Yummy!

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  16. Happy B'day to your lil sister:)..Cake looks superb,Parita!IS this the same as Marble cake??The name is so cute:D

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  17. Lovely cake and wishes to your little sis.

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  18. Best wishes to your sister. This cake is superb.

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  19. happy bday to your sis! that looks sooo yummy! are those little white and chocolate balls chocolate chips? or what are they?! I've been staring at it for a few minutes and can't figure it out! haha
    -Mini Baker

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  20. looks wonderful again... Great looking cake and happy b'day to lil sis...

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  21. Happy b'day to your baby sis.. Choco delight looks great parita.. Do try to participate in my FIL-Ghee sweets event @ http://sanghi-tastybites.blogspot.com/2009/09/fil-ghee-for-this-season-and-spicy.html

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  22. Look at the swirl, so beautiful and good shots too.

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  23. Happy b'day to your sis! Zebra cake looks gorgeous and enticing! Like those swirlies! I love those cakes! I used to buy them sometimes.

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  24. Happy Birthday to your Sister Parita...all the pictures look so gorgeous and tempting :)

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  25. yummy cake Parita
    Time I get down to serious baking
    Added your blog to my blogroll.
    Will keep in touch.
    Happy Bday to your little sis

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  26. Yummy cake. It looks cute and delicious. :) Plan a trip to Chennai once you are back here. I badly wanna learn loads from you ;)

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  27. Looks yummy! Love your presentation. Happy Birthday to your sister!

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  28. Looks so spongy and delicious,,lovely pic as well

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  29. Belated wishes to u r sis...cake looks extremely soft and yum....

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  30. photoes looks wonderful Parita! nice recipes.. :)

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  31. Cakes are absolutely a marvelous delights. Specially chocolate ones fresh from oven with all the warm goodness with gooey chocolate flavor are just yummy. Great work Parita !!

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  32. love this cake..i got the perfect stripes when i made it for the second time..heres the link to mine- http://creativesaga.blogspot.com/2008/09/jayashrees-microwaved-potatoes-and.html

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  33. Parita, I have an award for you! Please visit my blog to get it.

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  34. My zeebra cake also came out perfect at my first try.... this luks lovely :)

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  35. This looks like a great cake, we call this cake a marble cake. Which I have not made in years.

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  36. Happy birthday to your baby sister. The cake looks beautiful and great idea to pair it with chocolate sauce.

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  37. What a pretty-looking cake!! I bet it's delicious!!

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  38. happy b'day to ur sis..i lov choco vanilla combo,delicious cake...

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  39. Best wishes to your baby sister.

    Lovely marbling in your cake. Scrumptious!

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  40. The cake looks scrumptious! Beautiful presentation! Happy birthday to your sister!

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  41. oh so yummy! and a very happy bday to ur lil sis.

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  42. Looks so perfect..happy b'day to ur sis..

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  43. wow...liked your zebra cake..in germany also there are cakes with chocolate swirls inside...I also loveeee baking...something which was not possible back home ...
    following you!

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  44. Your zebra cake looks wonderful! A good cup of coffee and a big slice of this cake would make for a very happy afternoon.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  45. Yummy cake and the pic is awesome.. Thanks for sending it to the event!

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  46. What a tasty looking slice of cake! I like how you served with extra chocolate!

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  47. beautifully decorated cake slice! zebra cake is my son's favorite...

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  48. Hello,

    I'm a newbie food blogger and just happened to stumble upon your blog. Love the cake and can't wait to try it! :)

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  49. Feel like licking the chocolate sauce sooo yummy it looks! :)

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  50. & a very happy bday to your sis!

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  51. great clicks!
    Happy Birthday to ur sis!

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  52. Please collect your gifts from my blog, dear...

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  53. Cake looks so soft and yummy Parita. Looks delicious.

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  54. Hi Parita, please do collect your awards from my blog dear :)

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  55. My dear, I think you meant: chocolate + vanilla = MMMMMmmmMMMM!!!!~

    That is quite a pretty picture of yin and yang! :D

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  56. I love love chocolate cakes. I like the collage, looks beautiful.

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  57. birthday wishes to your sis and cake looks so soft and delicious great job dear.

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  58. What a fun and delicious cake! SO cute!

    And happy bday to your sister!

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  59. Happy Birthday to your sis:) Cake looks amazing! She must be delighted to see the cake:)

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  60. Oh man! they look funtasticah!!! :-) Nice clicks too.

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  61. It looks so delicious! I love the zebra effect!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  62. Great combination....cake looks perfect......

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  63. Looks too good. Well said in the title!:)

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  64. Loe the swirls in that cake-it looks amazing! :D

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  65. Hiii Paritha...

    wonderful cake...nice shot..

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  66. i have made this earlier..yours looks fantastic

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  67. Belated B'Day Wishes to ur sister dear. Perfect cake Parita looks yummy:)

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  68. Hey I missed this post dearie.. belated bday to ur sister ... Cake looks perfect with lovely swrils.. looks awesome. Great job fantastic!!!

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  69. Looks yummy and delicious.Did u hit the gym after eating that.

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