Soft Cinnamon Marble Cake that melts in your mouth 🤎 Easy Quick Recipes

Soft Cinnamon Marble Cake that melts in your mouth! 🤎🍫 This easy cinnamon marble cake is soft, buttery and swirled with a rich chocolate-cinnamon batter, then finished with a smooth chocolate ganache. The combination of brown sugar, cinnamon and cocoa gives the marble layer a warm, slightly caramelised flavour, while the buttery vanilla cake stays soft and tender. 🤎🍫 Perfect with coffee or tea, for dessert, afternoon tea or an easy weekend bake. 🤎🍫 Chocolate Cinnamon Swirl Cake with Ganache Ingredients For the Cake Salted Butter – 200g (¾ cup + 2 tablespoons) Sugar – 150g (¾ cup) Eggs – 4 Plain flour – 225g (1½ cups) Baking powder – 1½ teaspoons Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon Milk – 80ml (⅓ cup) I use salted butter. If using unsalted butter, simply add a small pinch of salt. For the Chocolate Cinnamon Swirl Brown sugar – 50g (¼ cup) Ground cinnamon – 2 teaspoons Cocoa powder – 1 tablespoon For the Chocolate Ganache Chocolate – 150g Heavy cream – 80ml (⅓ cup), hot Equipment Measuring cup size: 240ml Baking pan: 20 × 20cm (8 × 8 inch) Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C (350°F) for approximately 30–40 minutes. Method Make the Cake Batter Add the softened butter, sugar and vanilla extract to a large mixing bowl. Whisk for about 3–4 minutes, until light and creamy. Add the eggs and whisk for another 2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Sift in the plain flour and baking powder. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the mixture by hand until partially combined. Add the milk and mix gently. Whisk on low speed for about 15 seconds, then give the batter a final gentle mix by hand. Avoid overmixing. Make the Chocolate Cinnamon Batter Transfer approximately one-third of the cake batter to a separate bowl. Add the brown sugar, cocoa powder and ground cinnamon. Mix gently until evenly combined. Create the Swirl Spoon the plain batter and chocolate cinnamon batter alternately into a lined 20 × 20cm (8 × 8 inch) baking pan. Run a sk