Tender Zebra Cake with Sour Cream

A cozy afternoon treat is guaranteed! This zebra-striped sour cream cake is delicious, soft, tender, and beautiful to look at—and it comes together easily.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 15 % 9 g
Fats 13 % 8 g
Carbohydrates 72 % 43 g
281 kcal
GI: 5 / 0 / 95

Cooking method

Cooking time: 50 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    In a bowl, beat the sugar and eggs with a mixer until the sugar dissolves.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Add the sour cream—any fat content works; I used 21%—and beat again.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Add a pinch of salt, a teaspoon of baking powder, and the flour (holding back 2 tablespoons). Beat with the mixer until smooth.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Divide the batter into two equal parts and pour half into another bowl. Stir 3 tablespoons of cocoa into one part and the reserved 2 tablespoons of flour into the other.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Stir each batter with a spoon until smooth.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Grease a baking pan with butter. Spoon the batter into the center of the pan one spoonful at a time—first the chocolate, then the plain.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Keep alternating, one spoonful after another, until the batter is used up.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Bake in a preheated 350°F (180°C) oven for 30–35 minutes.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    The sour cream cake is ready! Enjoy!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Sour cream with 30% fat content - 340  kcal/100g
  • Sour cream of 25% fat content - 284  kcal/100g
  • Sour cream with 20 % fat content - 210  kcal/100g
  • Sour cream of 10 % fat content - 115  kcal/100g
  • Sour cream - 210  kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 157  kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45  kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542  kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352  kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118  kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333  kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour universal - 364  kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348  kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325  kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734  kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709  kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661  kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652  kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869  kcal/100g
  • Cocoa powder - 374  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Baking powder - 79  kcal/100g

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