Marble Chocolate cheesecake

Ingrediants A 
180 gm butter 
25gm cocoa 
120gm self raising flour 
1 teaspoon baking powder- sift together with flour and cocoa 
170gm castor sugar 
3 eggs 

Ingreadients B 
250 gm cream cheese 
60gm castor sugar 
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence 
1 egg 

Method: 
1) Cream butter and sugar till fluffy . 
2) Add in one egg at a time and mix well, then add in the flour mixture. When all are well incorporated, remove from mixer . 
3) In another bowl ( or washed your mixer, dry it and use) beat the Ingredients B till all are creamy. 
4) Pour half the cocoa batter into a greased pan ( about 7 or 8 inchs), level them first before pouring the cheese batter, them the rest of the cocoa batter. 
5) Bake in preheated oven at 160 degrees C for about 45minutes to 1 hour. 

* If you're using the muffin tray, it only takes about 20 minutes to bake. Use a toothpick to test. 



by Jam

Marble Cupcakes

Ingredients:
310g cake flour (original recipe call for self-raising flour)
2 tsp baking powder (Omit this if using self-raising flour)
250g salted butter
250g castor sugar
4 eggs (beaten)
45g baking chocolate melted with 1 tbsp milk (I use double-boil method)
1 tbsp cocoa powder (I add this to make it more chocolate flavour)
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
3 tbsp milk

Method:
Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
Add egg mixture gradually, beat well after each addition.
Fold in sifted flour lightly into the mixture.
Add a little milk and vanilla essence and mix well.
Divide mixture into two equal portions.
Add melted chocolate and cocoa powder to one portion.
Scoop a tablespoon of batter into the paper cup, add the chocolate batter over it, repeat the process till all the paper cups filled with 1/2 full of batter.
Use a teaspoon or sharp object to stir the batter in the paper cups lightly, but don't overmix.
Bake in a preheated oven at 170 deg C for about 25 minutes or till the test skewer comes out clean.

By jthorge