Marble Sponge Cake With Walnuts

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Today being Sunday, I'd like to share a very simple cake recipe with you. It is my usual sponge cake, but this time I made it a bit more interesting by adding some new ingredients and made a funny design.

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This sponge cake recipe is most likely as old as I am, have inherited it from my mom and I have no idea where she got it from, so I'm going to quote it, without a source.

Ingredients for the base

  • 250g all purpose flour,
  • 250g sugar,
  • 4 eggs,
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar,
  • 0.5 packet baking powder,
  • 1 tbs unsalted butter,
  • 100 ml milk,
  • pinch of salt.

This is the base recipe, to which I usually add either dried fruits, like raisins, or fresh fruits, depending on the season, or walnuts as we have plenty.

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Today I thought I would make it more interesting by adding a few new ingredients, like shredded coconut, coca powder and quince. There was a reason behind all this. There was some shredded coconut left since God knows when and I thought it would be good to use it finally. My favorite fruit for this sponge cake is cherry, but did not have any, so I thought I'd use some homemade quince compote.

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The method is very simple. Beat the egg whites with a mixer and put it aside. Next, mix the egg yolks with sugar and vanilla sugar for about 4 - 5 minutes. Add the butter and mix well. Mix the flour with the baking powder and shredded cocos and slowly incorporate it into the egg mix. Then add the egg whites and mix gently with a spatula to avoid crushing it.

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This recipe is for a rectangle baking tray, but I thought I'd use my cake pan, obviously lined with baking paper as there's no baking without it.

Now comes the magic. As added ingredients, I thought about cocoa powder, walnuts and quince but at the end gave up on quince for a good reason.

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So I poured approximately 70% of the mix into the cake pan and added cocoa powder to the remaining mix. If you're using cocoa powder with sugar added, it is a good idea to reduce the quantity of sugar as otherwise it will be too sweet.

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Then I added the cocoa mix to the cake, by making 10 spots. Don't look for artistic setup here as there's none. Yeah, I should have been more creative, but wasn't.

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Then I thought if my cake has no artistic look at all, why not play a bit with those dots, so I took a toothpick and made those lines.

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After adding the walnuts, I was pretty satisfied with my work of art and that was the moment when I realized the quince was left out. At that point I had two options: add the quince and ruin my art, or leave it out. I chose the second option, to keep my design intact and don't regret it at all. The quince would have made my cake a bit wet anyway.

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In a preheated oven, I baked it for 45 minutes, at 180C.

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This cake was pretty much fake it till you make it again, or decide on the go.

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When the time was up, I took the cake out of the oven, put it on a cooling rack and let it cool for 20 - 30 minutes. Because I was in a hurry, forgot to take a photo of it and remembered only when the cake was cut and on the plate already. So I quickly put the slices back, adjusted the cake as if it was brand new and took some photos.

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The beauty of this cake is that once it's cut, it looks like this.

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The reason I love this recipe is that it's easy to make, has only a few ingredients and the combinations available is endless. You can add any fruit or seeds you like, to make it more interesting.

Soooo, who wants a slice of cake? G-dog has one put aside only for him. Let's see if he notices it 😏😂 (Later Edit: Looks like I neet to tag him as he's not hungry @galenkp)

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Ohhh, wow that is so good sponge cake with walnuts. Your cake prepared are really yummy. Thanks for bringing your good recipe, sharing with us!☺️

My pleasure and I'm glad you like it :)

This sponge cake look so delicious, Erikah! To be honest, my most favorite cake is chocolate cake and sponge cake having walnuts or dry fruits over.

It tastes so Good and already mouthwatering after staring at these clicks... The worst part is it's 2am here !LOL , will see nightmares of these now.

Not only looks delicious, but it is indeed delicious. Thank you for the nice words and the most dangerous thing you can do is look at recipes at 2 am 😂

oh look at this cake I really want to eat it, because Bulo cake is my favorite cake, by reading the recipe I will tell my mother to make Bulo cake like this..thank you for the knowledge

I've never heard of Bulo cake, but if this one reminds you of it, then it can only be good. Enjoy your Bulo cake :)

excuse me, I mean sponge cake. hehe🙏🙏🙏

The joy of trying something new different from the way one use to do it before is very exicting and i guess something inspired you to try it, it look so yummy

Thank you! I like to try out new things and if you're a creative person, this is not difficult.

yes actually that is for those who have got the idea before

I love cake but I'm not good at baking. I know that walnuts are part of the ingredients used in making cake, but your style is creative and I love it. I think I can try this walnut cake with your step-by-step guide.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, you are amazing!!

This is a very easy recipe, you just have to mix the ingredients and that's all. It can't get more simple that this, trust me.

aaaff that cake is looking really delicious with that chocoalte and walnuts!!

Indeed, you should try it out or find someone who is willing to bake one for you :)

Ese pastel luce muy apetitoso, se ve fantastico, ideal para merendar... gracias por compartir tu receta.

Thank you! I hope you can try it out one day.

Sorry, I didn't comment on this one right away, I've been travelling...the lure of cake is too good to pass up so I headed over and I'll be knocking on your door very soon to claim my cake and hopefully coffee too. Don't be alarmed when you hear the knocking, and rest assured, all use the secret knock-sequence. Get the kettle on.

Lol. You're late as the demand was quite high. Next time you have to be quicker, but to compensate the loss, I'm going to bake you another one.

Yay! You said the magic words, bake me another one. 😁

Well done ! Seems interesting 😊

Thank you! I made it interesting.


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Hi @erikah! Congratulations on your culinary creativity, the cake turned out beautifully and I find it ideal for Christmas dinner.

Many thanks. I'm glad you find it worthy for such an important event :)

This is the kind of cake that I like to have as a snack with a cup of coffee with milk, it is easy to make the recipe, the touch of walnuts makes it appetizing and the recipe is easy, thanks for sharing.

It is good for a snack indeed, with coffee or tea, whatever you prefer. I'm glad you like it :)

Yummy, yummy, yummy!

Indeed it is.

I want to taste it, is that okay hehe... I think I'll try to make it

Go ahead, take one slice and taste it, I don't mind :)

hahaha if I can go to your place, not just one piece, I will take 3 pieces hehe

This cake looks very delicious. And I want to try it with the recipe that @erikah shared. I think this is a good way that is exemplified

You can try it out as it's very simple too.

It seems that the taste is very delicious😍, I will try to practice it later, thanks for the recipe erikah

You're welcome and good luck!

Things like this makes me wish we were able to taste food from pictures😂. The recipe looks very simple I think I might try it out.

Things like this makes me wish we were able to taste food from pictures😂.

That day has not come yet, but who knows? If you live another 500 years, it may be possible 😂

Give it a try, you won't regret it, I guarantee you!

I wish too because the cake looks yummy😋and I wish I can have a taste from it😌.

I agree with you, will such be ever possible?

Well I don’t think so. But it would be really cool if that happened no one would ever go hungry again.😂 all you need to do is google the image and taste it

Haha🤣🤣, it will be so cool

This looks Delicious c

It is delicious :)

Hmm, this looks really yummy and it's making me want to try baking but I dare not at least for now so I don't end up wasting resources, lolz. Well, I don't really know how to bake but this one does look simple to try out, I will have to come back to this blog when I'm ready to give it a go, hehe.

Of course I will love to have a share, I need to taste it after swallowing so much saliva 😂😂

You need to start one day and this is extremely simple, you can't go wrong with it. Give it a try :)

That's right I'm not sure it will he hard for me, but I do have a lot of setbacks when it comes to sharing food contents, one major problem is the quality of my phone camera and other times, it's ingredients for some delicacies, but I hope I find a way out so I can start sharing some recipes, hehehe.

Thank you once again Erikah 🙏

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Nice! We make a similar recipe with my mom and it is very delicious. I think walnut adds a great flavor to the cake.

I'm glad to hear that. Maybe next time try adding some walnuts, it gives the whole cake a nice flavor.

The fact you add coca mix to the cake makes me love it more and I will say you did a great job making the cake because it looks delicious.

Thank you! Cocoa is important, if you want to make something out of a boring recipe. You can use it for coloring as well, not just for the taste.

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Thank you @sirenahippie.

You're welcome @erikah, really good recipe