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Fully silly cake

Name: Fully silly cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 250g unsalted butter; 220g (1 cup) caster sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 4 eggs; 300g (2 cups) self-raising flour; 3 tablespoons cocoa powder; 5-6 drops food colouring*

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The kids will have fun making swirly patterns in this colourful chocolate cake.

250g unsalted butter
220g (1 cup) caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
4 eggs
300g (2 cups) self-raising flour
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
5-6 drops food colouring*

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 160°C. Combine butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Add vanilla, then eggs one at a time, mixing to combine.
2.

Stir in flour, then divide mixture between 3 bowls. Add cocoa to 1 bowl, and food colouring to another, or both. Pour mixtures into a greased 20cm round cake pan and swirl to make a silly pattern.
3.

Bake for 40 minutes. Set aside in pan on a wire rack to cool.