Marble cake

A simple cake with no berries or extras — the ingredients are usually already in the cupboard.

Ingredients

• eggs — 4
• sugar — 200 g
• vanilla sugar — 10 g
• butter — 130 g
• flour — 100 g
• baking powder — 1 tsp
• cocoa powder — 20 g

Method

1. Separate the whites from the yolks.
2. Beat the whites with half of the sugar, about 5 minutes.
3. Beat the yolks with the softened butter, the other half of the sugar and the vanilla sugar, to a pale, fluffy mixture.
4. Add the flour to this mixture.
5. Fold in the whites with a spatula until smooth.
6. Divide the batter in two. Stir the cocoa into one half.
7. Line a tin with baking paper. Spoon in the two batters in layers.
8. Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for about 40 minutes.