Leopard Cake
Description
Delicious baked goods for the whole family. The “Leopard” cake can be baked in any shape: round, rectangular, or with a hole in the middle. The order of filling with batter will be the same.
Instructions
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Step 1
Thoroughly beat the butter with the sugar until it becomes pale.
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Step 2
Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each.
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Step 3
Sift the flour with baking powder, starch, and salt, add vanillin or vanilla essence. On low speed of the mixer, knead the dough.
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Step 4
Set aside half of the dough and add 2 tablespoons of flour to it. Divide the remaining dough, and to 2/3 of it add 2.5 tablespoons of cocoa. To the small portion add a little cocoa, half a tablespoon. Spread the well‑mixed dough into pastry bags and trim the corners slightly. Make the hole in the small portion of dough smaller.
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Step 5
Prepare the pan, start laying out the dough. In the first row, alternate white and dark dough in equal strips. Then, using the light chocolate dough, make thin strips over the dark dough and cover these strips with dark dough.
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Step 6
Now layer the white and dark dough in a checkerboard pattern – place the dark dough on the white strips and vice versa. Repeat the procedure with the light dough once more.
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Step 7
And at the end, cover the cake with the remaining white batter. I had a little light batter left, I spread it on top and swirled patterns with a stick.
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Step 8
Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 200 °C until it rises and the top is golden brown. Then reduce the heat to 180 °C and bake until done. A toothpick should come out of the cake clean. Carefully remove the finished cake from the pan onto a rack and let it cool completely.
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Step 9
Before serving, lightly dust the cake with powdered sugar.