Marble book cake ( madame gateaux private session December 2nd)

Ingredients:  3 recipes of white cake and 1 recipe of white cake but substitute 25gm of cocoa for the pastry flour

sugar 100gm
butter 50gm
vanilla 5gm
egg 1 large
(Creaming method)

pastry flour  95gm
baking powder 4gm
milk powder 8gm
(Add in and mix)

water 65gm
(Add at last)

Put in 3 9x13" pans, first put in the white cake batter, then scoop the chocolate batter in different spot on the pan.
Use a paring knife or fork, run the chocolate batter around in order to create the marble effect.
Tap the pan

Put into a preheat 350F oven, check the doneness after 20-25minute

It is preferable to use buttercream for icing
 ( will post the buttercream and vanilla cupcake next time)

Wait until cakes are cool, layer them with fillings.

Trim off the edges of the cake layers, shape to a book.

Do a crumb coating.

Then icing the cake

 

 To finish the edges of the book, you can use some melted chocolate and a cake comb to create a pages effect

For the writing, use a knife to make for the area to write on

Decorate the top accordingly.

The above is the finish cake from a student.

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