Marble Cake

Yes, yes I know this is a very 'normal' cake and seems to be easy for some but it took me quite a while to find a recipe that was actually good.
I've got one from my mum that is quite big and uses lots of eggs. I liked it but I wanted to find one that has less eggs and smaller in size too.
Finally found a good one in one of my mum's cook books. Thanks a lot mum!
This recipe calls for a bundt pan but any cake pan will do.
I omitted the orange part as my mum hates orange flavored cakes!

This is the bundt pan

Chocolate Orange Marble Cake
source: The Australian Women's Weekly - Cakes and Slices Cookbook.

60g dark chocolate, chopped (I used 3 Tbsp cocoa powder and 1 Tbsp water mixed into a paste)
125g butter
1 1/2 cups sugar ( a bit sweet, next time I'll put less)
2 eggs
2 cups self raising flour
3/4 cup milk
1 Tbsp orange rind

Chocolate Fudge Frosting (I didn't do this)
125g dark chocolate
125g butter
3 1/2 cups icing sugar
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla

Method
Melt the chocolate using a double boiler and put aside to cool.
For the chocolate/cocoa paste, add the water little by little to the cocoa powder.
Make sure the paste is not too dry or too wet.
It must be free of lumps or the batter will not come out nicely.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add in eggs one at a time, beating well.
Add in the flour and milk. Beat well until batter is smooth.
Divide the mixture into two bowls.
In one bowl add in the orange rind. In the other add in the cooled chocolate or the cocoa paste.
Mix each batter well.
In a grease cake tin, drop spoonfuls of the chocolate and orange batter into the
corners and middle. Keep going until all the batter is finished.
You can either use a skewer and gently run through the batter or just leave it as it is.
Gently tap the sides of the tin to release air pockets in the cake.
Bake at 170C for 40 min or until cook.

Once cake is cooled, iced the cake as you like.

Happy Baking.