Easy and Impressive Zebra Cake with Kefir

From simple products, very easy, tasty, beautiful! Zebra cake in the oven with kefir looks so impressive when cut that it does not require any additional decorations. And the products for it are almost always at hand. And you don’t even need a mixer to mix them!
cook time: 1h 30 min
Ethan Rowley
Easy and Impressive Zebra Cake with Kefir

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

327
Calories
16g
Fat
39g
Carbs
6g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

Basic:

Sugar 250 g
Wheat flour 320 g
Butter 200 g
Water 1 tbsp
Cocoa 1 tbsp
Eggs 3 pc
Soda (without a slide, under the knife) 1 tsp
Kefir 250 ml

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a Zebra cake in the oven with kefir? Very simple! First, prepare the necessary ingredients. It is advisable for the eggs and kefir to be at room temperature, so remove them from the refrigerator in advance. Wash the eggs and dry with napkins.

Step 2

Step 2
Beat the eggs into a separate bowl and stir with a whisk until smooth, gradually adding sugar. There is no need to use a mixer, since we do not need a fluffy air mass. And it is also advisable not to beat the dough with a whisk, but to mix it. If there are a lot of air bubbles in the dough, they will all rise to the surface during baking and ruin the surface of the cake.

Step 3

Step 3
Melt the butter and cool to room temperature.

Step 4

Step 4
While constantly stirring the egg mixture, pour the melted butter into it in a thin stream.

Step 5

Step 5
Then pour in kefir at room temperature and stir everything until smooth.

Step 6

Step 6
Sift the flour with soda and pour into the dough in parts, stirring each time until smooth. Instead of soda, you can use baking powder, because with soda the reaction is stronger and the cake can rise and crack too much, and this will ruin the beautiful top. Keep in mind that you may need more or less flour than I do — focus on the consistency of the dough.

Step 7

Step 7
You should get a homogeneous, flowing dough of medium thickness.

Step 8

Step 8
Divide the dough into two equal parts.

Step 9

Step 9
Pour boiled water into the cocoa and stir until smooth.

Step 10

Step 10
Pour cocoa into one part of the dough and stir until smooth. If desired, you can add vanilla flavoring to the second white part.

Step 11

Step 11
Line a baking dish (diameter 20-22 cm) with parchment and grease with butter. Pour 2 tbsp into the center. l. white mass, then 2 tbsp. l. chocolate mass. Alternating between both types of dough, fill out the entire form. To make the circles even, the spoon must be held strictly vertically.

Step 12

Step 12
Make a pattern on the surface using a toothpick. Place the cake in an oven preheated to 180°C for about 35-40 minutes. Determine the exact baking time and temperature based on your oven.

Step 13

Step 13
Cool the finished cake, remove from the mold, cut into pieces and serve. Bon appetit!

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