Since starting this blog I’ve come across some of the most amazing recipes, which I can’t wait to try, play with and share with you! But now it’s your turn! I want to know what your favourite go-to, easy everyday bake is. Let me know, and I may share it on the blog. Find me on Facebook and Instagram – leave a comment on the last post – or email me – contact details ➡️
If you hadn’t guessed already, I love creating easy, delicious treats for my family. I don’t do anything fancy, complicated or time consuming, and I also don’t use premium ingredients! For me and my baking, I really don’t think top of the range butter, flour or sugar are necessary, or make a difference to the flavour. This makes baking really quite cheap, and, I think, far better for you than shop-bought treats with additives, preservatives and flavourings. I’ve always liked the fact that I know exactly what’s gone into my bakes – and therefore what I’m feeding my family – and I can always cut the sugar if I think it’s a little sweet.
This week’s bake is a fun marble traybake. It’s a great family bake, and super moreish! As soon as it comes out of the oven I press mini marshmallows all over the top. They melt slightly and add a bit of squishy fun. As I said to my sister, “It doesn’t matter what it looks like, as long as it tastes good.” A good rule to bake by, I would say!
Marshmallow Marble Traybake
Use an 8 or 9 inch square pan, lined with baking paper or silicone sheets
Ingredients
200g self raising flour
200g baking spread or butter
200g caster sugar
4 eggs
1.5 tsp vanilla extract
1tsp baking powder
20g cocoa powder
1 tbsp milk
100g chocolate chunks
100g mini marshmallows
Method
- Preheat your oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6 and line your brownie pan.
- Pop all the ingredients into a bowl except the cocoa and chocolate chunks.
- Mix it up!
- Add the chocolate chunks and combine.
- Split the mixture into two bowls.
- Add your cocoa to one of the mixes and combine. Add the milk if it’s a bit stiff.
- Alternately pop large spoonfuls of the vanilla and chocolate mixture into the pan, keeping them quite close together, until you run out of batter! I use my trusty ice cream scoop – six scoops of each seems to be about right. Oh, and don’t worry about using the scoop in both mixes at once – it’s going to be a marble cake, so you’re just helping the process!
- Grab a skewer or the handle of a spoon and drag it through the mixture. This swirls it together a bit and mixes the two flavours. Don’t swirl too much though!
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until springy.
- Take out of the oven, scatter and press on your mini marshmallows if you’re using them.
- Leave to cool and cut into squares.
Yum.
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