tiS tHe SeaSoN!

Soak in christmas spirit this festive right at the comfort of home. Magically!
I have started decorated my home as Christmas approaching. Twinkling lightings, wreaths & garlands, falling snowflakes off ceiling create the winter feel, this best time of the year i truly love. Sparkles & glitters, every corner not spare!
Done that! Now... how can i miss out some christmas feel right here, my second home!
Enjoy your stay as i share more bakes churning out for upcoming Christmas party.

Deck the hall! Time to bring out all my X'mas ornaments for that Christmassy ambience!
More pictures coming up...

How could i not gave in to such a rich and luscious cake metamorphose in the blogosphere?

I'm sure you will be tempted just as much looking at these Bee Bee, Jess, Wen, Jane



Chocolate Chips Yoghurt Marble Cake

*i used yoghurt instead of sour cream which the original recipe called for.

adapted from Honey Bee Sweet

Chocolate Chips Sour Cream Marble Cake

Chocolate Paste:

3 tbsp Varlhona Cocoa powder

3 tbsp hot water

* mix cocoa powder with hot water, stir till powder dissolved into chocolate paste.

Cake Batter:

250g Unsalted Butter (room temperature)

300g Sugar

4 Eggs

2 1/2tsp Vanilla Extract

210g Plain Yoghurt

420g Plain Flour

2 3/4tsp Baking Powder

1/4tsp Baking Soda

1/2tsp Salt

100g Dark Varlhona Chocolate Chips

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180deg C.

2. Grease a 10" non-stick bundt pan

3. Cream butter with sugar untill light and fluffy, pale in colour

4. Add in eggs gradually, follow by vanilla extract

5. Add in yoghurt, continue beat till combined. Do scrap the bottom of the mixing bowl to make sure batter well combined.

6. Sieve in the Plain flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and fold well.

7. Lastly, mix in the chocolate chips into the batter and mix well.

8. Take out 1/3 of the batter and mix with the chocolate paste mixture and set aside.

9. Scoop in vanilla batter into the bundt pan alternating with scoops of chocolate batter to create the marbling effect till batter finish up.

10. Bake till golden brown and test cake using a skewer about 45-50 minutes. 

11. Once skewer comes out clean, remove cake from oven and cool on rack for about 15 minutes. 

12. Remove cake from bundt pan and let it cool completely.

Thanks BeeBee for sharing this recipe keeper! Pop over for her recipe.