DIY: THE MAKING OF A ZEBRA CAKE ....
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https://img.leopedia.io/DQmZXimTPPnre9Ukib9ZR9KRkSJ1N53fkMNzYTthxPUkJ4S/20251118_230045.jpg hey guys welcome to my blog and today I will be showing you step by step how its done, alright?, so ever heard of a zebra cake before?, you know the first time I too heard of zebra cake the first thingbtha comes to mind was a tall necked zebra ontop of a my cake, 😆 funny right but hey I'm abiut to mess with your mind 😆 🤣 😂.... okay so my name is Samuel, my hive username is @hiventhusiast, I am many things and one of them is a pastry chef, I love to bake and to cook, it's one of those child fantasy I grew up with and it has stuck with me over the years, in it I find my essence, I find joy and most importantly I find ways to express my creativity on these things....so it's just me doing what I love and loving what I do shall we?.... So without a further or due lets begin.... https://img.leopedia.io/DQmdyaN4VC7FWNKS9AJdqvByWTTaqPhAdP3T29XjRYNtZvH/RNFetchBlobTmp_49hk3hk3efex08oyflo34.jpg https://img.leopedia.io/DQmeaYhPMvjyaL71YPzo4PvigBZyD6GAgyv3uKddzWC4RH8/20251107_164734.jpg THE MAKING OF A ZEBRA CAKE First of all, Zebra cake is oil-based cake like red velvet and not butter-based like the regular vanilla cake and others, secondly zebra cake doesn't mean you would see a long necked animal ontop of the cake, like I did, zebra cake means you will get the zebra design and look on the inside of your cake, that zebra pattern will be there, so that means we have to prepare two different cakes here, vanilla (oil-based) and chocolate cake (oil-based) using cocoa powder not the original chocolate cake because of what we want to achieve we make do with cocoa powder instead... Zebra cake Recipe Oil.................250gm sugar............2 cups flour ...........4 cups vanilla..........2 caps milk emulsion....2 caps evaporated milk...150gm white vinegar.........200gm cocoa powder ........200gm Browning ............... drops as desired https://img.leopedia.io/DQmdyaN4VC7FWNKS9AJdqvByWTTaqPhAdP3T29XjRYNtZvH/RNFetchBlobTmp_49hk3hk3efex08oyflo34.jpg **the making of oil-based vanilla cake** measure one full cup of oil into your mixing bowel, add 1/2 + 1/4 cup of sugar add 2 eggs for every one cup of oil measured. prepare your butter milk, this is essential for all your oil-based cakes. https://img.leopedia.io/DQmdyaN4VC7FWNKS9AJdqvByWTTaqPhAdP3T29XjRYNtZvH/RNFetchBlobTmp_49hk3hk3efex08oyflo34.jpg **[How To prepare your butter milk solution...]** https://img.leopedia.io/DQmR9ab92vUsoNguLEekv4g7csmRK1r3vYkj8GzQgiw6ybZ/20251107_132647.jpg pour your evaporated milk into a small plate add 1/2 cup of white vinegar allow for a minute or so .. https://img.leopedia.io/DQmQj6jRmHdmN8V2tMhcTxECrxpyWnLzTZGv38Vst74c4BN/20251107_132645.jpg your sugar, oil and egg are mixed thoroughly now then add 2 caps full of alcohol 1 partially-full cap of sobric acid 2 cap of dark vanilla extract add 1/2 of your butter milk mixture 1 cap of milk emulsion 1/2 tsp of salt mixed thoroughly add 2 cups of all purpose flour in a separate bowel add baking soda separately use white vinegar to reduce the strength of it, add 1/3 + 1/4 of hot water observe the barter should be very light and fluffy... https://img.leopedia.io/DQmdyaN4VC7FWNKS9AJdqvByWTTaqPhAdP3T29XjRYNtZvH/RNFetchBlobTmp_49hk3hk3efex08oyflo34.jpg *the making of chocolate cake* >measure one cup of pure vegetable oil into your mixing bowel >add one cup of sugar because of the cocoa powder >add two eggs cream with your mixer >measure two cups of flour >add 2 tbsp of cocoa powder to the measured flour >add 2 cap of dark vanilla extract to liquid mixture (above) add 1 cap of alcohol add 1 cap of sobric acid add 1/2 buttermilk stire (all to liquid mixture) then add your flour mixture and cream add 1/2 tbsp baking soda dilute with white vinegar stire and add to your mixture add 1/2 tsp of salt stire add Browning according to preference add 1/2 +1/4 of hot water https://img.leopedia.io/DQmPdMsvHQ8Mq3AK9oSZKooaocpdciqQtpZnVq8EWtujydJ/20251107_141215.jpg And here comes the Zebra design patterning ... grease your pan with butter then use flour to dust the pan... https://img.leopedia.io/DQmZJaHYGVxTWZ7pStyncvFUMD4h5RQfScx4KYynyY8EDpG/20251107_140940.jpg bring both your chocolate cake barter and vanilla cake barter closer, you will scoop them alternatively into the pan, ensure you use two separate spoon for the each, scoop two spoon full of chocolate cake barter and two spoonful of vanilla cake barter, then alternate both till its okay then continue same in another baking pan... https://img.leopedia.io/DQmeq8cMTzuynXgr1aGxTZ6TXfWd6nQsSxMLKe6fFdRfjmX/20251107_141940.jpg put in oven under very low heat, bake till you percieve the scent of your baked cake then check if it's ready..... https://img.leopedia.io/DQmTekyrj4skBTPJLCEXCJAJ3oGBvQhdRFUgEXpEj47QCTK/20251107_153559.jpg cut in half to see the zebra design like this, your zebra cake is ready and yummilicious.... https://img.leopedia.io/DQmeaYhPMvjyaL71YPzo4PvigBZyD6GAgyv3uKddzWC4RH8/20251107_164734.jpg https://img.leopedia.io/DQmf5AfaZJryTLzr5GvoTH4v37cRGBaxGTbtnxUDKkQU8am/20251118_232900.jpg *all images are mine except otherwise stated* https://img.leopedia.io/DQmcV65vbANkWtgqEMTejQ3sNx8T1WgjpVuAZNb43YR5poe/20250611_132658.jpg Posted Using [INLEO](https://inleo.io/@hiventhusiast/diy-the-making-of-a-zebra-cake--8tp)