Hello Friends!! What an eventful week it was. Busy busy busy. We launched our baby this Thursday and introduced it at SXSW, Texas. Yeah, baby!! We straight go to https://www.sxsw.com/
So, we have been busy working on this start-up for last one year or so and finally we wrapped things up and launched it. Kudos to the team back in India that gave shape and size to a thought that came from two very eccentric people from here. You know who I meant. 😀
So big reveal, yeah. It’s a social networking app packed with state of the art features to make your socializing – cool and happening and robust. The app is called TheGoodTimeApp and it comes with a tag line called – let’s get social again. So, yes, let’s get social again…,shall we?
Please hop on over to the App store and download the app and take a look? Here are the links:
App Store link – https://itunes.apple.com/…/a…/the-goodtime-app/id1293698740…
Android Link – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
The Web Version – www.goodtime.city
I can’t wait for you guys to use it and come back to me with your thoughts. I mean it.
The culture that I come from, we celebrate every new beginning with something sweet. So here is my celebratory home-baked Chocolate Marble Cake that I baked to celebrate our app’s launch. I miss my partner in crime – Vikram, who is the mastermind behind this whole thing. Right now he is busy talking about the app at SXSW. Those who don’t know what SXSW is, check this out here : https://www.sxsw.com/ It’s THE platform for people who want to take their discoveries or innovations to the very next level.
Coming back to the Chocolate Marble Cake, it came out to be so good, moist and delicious that, I didn’t even get a chance to photograph it with my food photography lens. Everyone was eager to eat. So please bear with the iphone pics. My husband took some with him to Chicago as well. Yes, it was that good. From now onwards, this Chocolate Marble Cake is going to be my celebratory cake.
INGREDIENTS for EGG Free method
- 3/4 cup Olive Oil or ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1¾ cups (or 193g) flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup (or 200g) sugar
- 1/2 cup yogurt mixed with 1 tea spoon baking soda)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ¼ cup or plus 1 tbsp (or 30g) cocoa powder
- Grease and line a 9x5inch (22x13cm) loaf pan or grease and flour a 20cm bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C.
- Combine together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and set aside.
- Mix the baking soda with yogurt and keep it aside for 10 minutes
- In the bowl, beat the oil and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the yogurt with baking soda mixture to the oil snd sugar mixture
- Set aside ⅓ of the batter.
- In a smaller bowl, mix 1/4 cup cocoa with 2 tablespoons boiling water until smooth. Add the reserved ⅓ batter to the cocoa mixture and mix well.
- Spoon vanilla batter into the prepared pan to form the first layer then alternate with a thin layer of chocolate batter. Lightly tap the pan on the counter surface 2-3 times every after addition of a layer. Repeat this process until all batter are used up.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
INGREDIENTS For with Egg
- 1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1¾ cups (or 193g) flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup (or 200g) sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup yogurt
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ¼ cup or plus 1 tbsp (or 30g) cocoa powder
- Grease and line a 9x5inch (22x13cm) loaf pan or grease and flour a 20cm bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C.
- Combine together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and set aside.
- In the bowl, beat the oil and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat eggs, one at a time, until well combined. Add vanilla extract . Add the flour mixture, yogurt. Mix well.
- Set aside ⅓ of the batter.
- In a smaller bowl, mix 1/4 cup cocoa with 2 tablespoons boiling water until smooth. Add the reserved ⅓ batter to the cocoa mixture and mix well.
- Spoon vanilla batter into the prepared pan to form the first layer then alternate with a thin layer of chocolate batter. Lightly tap the pan on the counter surface 2-3 times every after addition of a layer. Repeat this process until all batter are used up.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
For the Chocolate Glaze: Melt 1 cup chocolate chips with 2 TBSP olive oil in microwave. Pour it over the cooled cake and let it rest for 30 minutes.
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Very nice marble cake! One of my favourite ones 🙂 Thank you for sharing and reminding me my home! <3
Beautiful cake , full of deliciousness. Many Congratulations on the launch of your new app Aish . Lots of luck and best wishes
-Swati
My family will love this cake! I pinned the recipe so I can make it for them later!
Wow! This is so yunmy… It’s to die for… I must try it out.
That ganache is PERFECTION.
This cake is so beautiful! I love chocolate and vanilla together~
I have always enjoyed olive oil in cakes…and your is beautiful!!! that glaze too, so good!!
So chocolatey and decadent! Looks delicious.
This makes me want to lick my screen. Such a beautiful, delicious looking cake. I will be making this recipe. Thank you!
This cake is gorgeous and looks so good. I am going to have to try making it soon. I love marble cakes.
Cakes with olive oil, mmm! Congrats on your launch, what a lot of work and worth celebrating. The cake looks gorgeous, and may your new enterprise exceed your expectations!
Good luck with your new endeavor! This cake looks amazing and your little helper sure is cute!
Glad to know you have this little helper on the side :), just like my son.
with that chocolate glaze, that looks so delicious! and congrats on your launch
I love Chocolate Marble Cake and yours looks so fabulous made in a ring shape and with the extra chocolate drizzle:-)
I love bundt cakes. They always look pretty, and you don’t have to spend hours decorating them. This cake looks and sounds delicious. Olive oil is amazing in cakes….so moist. I would serve this as dessert any day of the week…and it would make a wonderful birthday cake too.
This cake looks delicious and yes, it’s perfect for a celebration! The marble effect is just so pretty and yummy! And that chocolate glaze is fantastic!
This cake looks sooo yummy! I’ll definitely be baking this with my little baker! Thanks for sharing
Yum! Who doesn’t love a cake like this?! I don’t have a bundt pan but this recipe is making me want to get my hands on one!
What a beautiful cake! Your iphone caught that shine nicely!
Beautiful bundt cake. I showed this recipe to my 14 year old and she baked it today minus the frosting. Tastes amazing, very moist. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Thank you Vandana. Do you have a pic?
That cake has he perfect texture! I think I feel a baking weekend coming on!
The cake looks so yummm. I love home baked cakes n marble cakes are my favorite ones to bake.
What a gorgeous cake! I love the use of olive oil and yogurt.
Congratulations! How exciting! This cake looks incredible and that icing is so glossy!! YUM!
That looks simply delicious! I love the idea of using olive oil!
I can see my kids helping me making this cake…and do the marbeling themselves !
This looks so delicious! Also it’s so adorable that your kid is helping you in the kitchen. Would love for my future kids to help me bake a cake!
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Wonderful! Looks great!
Baked this bundt cake…very moist and tender crumb. Will surely be baking this marble cake again….the recipe is a keeper.
This looks amazing and leaves me drooling 😋
I am a little confused weather to use as per cup size or gms. Mentioned. Can you pls let me know the weight of butter and yogurt too pls in terms of GMs/ml. Thanks in advance !
Anita
Can u vake in 6″ cake pan . Can I layer stack and frost it.
What’s the subsitute for yogurt? Can I use 2 eggs?