Cheese & chocolate baked marble cake

Ingredients:
Cheese batter:
250g cream cheese, at room temperature
½ teaspoon salt
80g butter
80g caster sugar
1 grade A egg
80g plain flour, sifted
½ teaspoon baking powder, sifted

Chocolate batter:
220g butter
180g caster sugar
4 grade A eggs
170g plain flour, sifted
50g cocoa powder, sifted
½ teaspoon soda, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder, sifted
100ml fresh milk
Piping bag
9 inch round cake tray, lined and greased

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180ْC, grease and line a 9 inch round cake pan.

2. Using an electric beater fitted with a paddle attachment, beat cream cheese, salt, butter and sugar until smooth. Add egg and beat until blended.

3. Fold in sifted flour and baking powder with a rubber spatula. Pour batter into a large piping bag and set aside. Snip the end of the bag and pipe the batter.

4. Beat butter and sugar until creamy, adding eggs one at a time, making sure it’s well blended after each addition.

5. Fold in sifted flour, cocoa powder, soda bicarbonate and baking powder alternating with fresh milk.

6. Pour 1/3 of the chocolate batter, then pipe the cheese batter on top. Alternate between chocolate and cheese batter one more time then finish with the chocolate batter on top.

7. Bake in a preheated oven for 45-55 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean.

8. Remove from oven, leave to cool awhile before slicing to serve.