Eggless Orange and Chocolate Zebra Cake

Prep time - 20 mins

Baking time - 40- 45 mins

Ingredients :

For the Orange batter :

All purpose flour - 1 and 1/2 cups

Sweetened condensed milk - 7 ounces / 198.5 gms [ half can]

Orange Juice - 1/2 cup

Melted butter - 1/2 cup

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Vanilla essence - 1 - 1.5 tsp [ Optional ]

For the Chocolate batter :

All purpose flour - 1 cup

Sweetened condensed milk - 7 ounces / 198.5 gms [ half can]

Aerated cola - 1/2 cup [ I used Coke ]

Melted butter - 1/2 cup

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Cocoa powder - 2 tsp [ I used regular cocoa powder; for darker stripes, heavy dark cocoa powder can also be used]

Powdered Sugar - 2 - 3 tbsp [ or as per your taste ]

Procedure :

Orange batter :

In a bowl mix butter, condensed milk, orange juice and vanilla essence properly.

In another big bowl mix and sieve all purpose flour, baking powder and baking soda.  Make a well in the center of the bowl and pour in the butter - orange juice mixture and mix properly with a large spoon into a smooth batter without any lumps. [ Avoid using electric mixer as  over beating an eggless batter would cause it to deflate ]. Keep the batter aside.

Chocolate batter :

In a bowl mix butter and sugar until creamy. Add condensed milk and Coke to the butter - sugar mixture and mix properly.

In another big bowl mix all purpose flour,cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda. Make a well in the center of the bowl and pour in the butter - cola mixture and mix properly with a large spoon into a smooth batter. Keep the batter aside.

Preparing the Zebra Cake :

Preheat the oven at 350 F. Grease the baking pan.

Keep both the batters nearby and place a medium sized spoon in each of the batters.

In the baking tray, first pour in a spoon of chocolate batter in the middle of the baking pan, then pour a spoon of plain batter on top of the chocolate batter. Again pour a spoon of chocolate batter over the plain batter. Continue pouring both the batters alternatively until finished.

Do not tilt the pan, the batter will spread by itself eventually.

Bake for 40 - 45 mins or till the toothpick inserted comes out clean.