Vanilla Cocoa Pound Cake

The beginning of this academic year, I attended a parents orientation at my son's school. My restless, very naughty 2 yr old was also with me and I was really having a tough time managing her while trying my best to listen to what the director was briefing us. Seeing my plight, another parent gave a packet to my daughter to keep her occupied for sometime. It was a vanilla cocoa pound cake and what did my daughter do? She forced it into my mouth with both her hands. Such an embarassing situation but I really liked the cake coz it was only mildly sweet- what I means is the sugar was not overpowering!!- They say hunger is the best sauce, don't know if I was hungry or was it that I was under stress...I don't know but the cake was superb!!! and this is how I tried to replicate it and well, I did succeed.

Butter: 100gm

All Purpose Flour: 250 gm

Baking Powder: 2.5 tsp

Vanilla Essence: 1 tsp

Powdered Sugar: 200 gm

Eggs: 2

Milk: 240 ml

Cocoa Powder: 3 tbsp

Milk: 60 ml

Grease and flour muffin tray.

Preheat oven to 200C

Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.

Add the eggs and vanilla essence and beat till everything is properly mixed

Now fold in the flour and the 240 ml milk alternately.

Divide the batter into two.

To one portion add the cocoa powder mixed in the 60 ml milk.

In the muffin tray, pour 1 heaped tbsp vanilla batter and 1heaped tbsp cocoa batter alternately till it is 3/4 full

Bake for 20 minutes or till done.

Allow to cool and serve at room temperature.

The round cake below is what I baked and the square one is store bought, which I tried to replicate.

Linking this to Show me your muffin hosted by Divya of Dil Se