🍰 Grandma’s Easiest 5-Minute Cake

Soft • Moist • Fluffy • Ready in Minutes

Discover Grandma’s easiest and most delicious 5-minute cake 🍰✨
This simple recipe creates a soft vanilla cake with a rich chocolate swirl, just like the classic marble cake Grandma used to bake.

It’s incredibly moist, fluffy, and quick to prepare, using only a few basic ingredients you probably already have at home.

Perfect for:
☕ Coffee time
👨‍👩‍👧 Family gatherings
🎉 Guests
🍫 A quick homemade dessert

If you’re looking for:
5-minute cake • easy cake recipe • quick chocolate cake • marble cake • simple homemade cake — this recipe is perfect for you!

Bake it and enjoy the wonderful aroma of freshly baked cake filling your kitchen. 💛

📝 Ingredients

🥚 3 eggs
🧂 A pinch of salt
🍦 1 tsp vanilla sugar or vanilla extract
🍬 150 g sugar (¾ cup / 5.3 oz)

Beat with a mixer for 2–3 minutes until creamy.

Add:
🌻 120 ml sunflower oil (½ cup)
🥛 120 ml milk (½ cup)

Then add:
🌾 250 g flour (2 cups) – add in two stages
🥄 15 g baking powder (1 tbsp)

Mix until the batter becomes smooth and lump-free.

🍫 Chocolate Layer

Divide the batter into two bowls.

To one bowl add:
🍫 2 tbsp cocoa powder (14 g)
🥛 2 tbsp milk (30 ml)

Mix well to create the chocolate batter.

🥮 Baking

• Use a 22 cm (8.6 inch) springform pan
• Grease with butter and line with baking paper

Layer the batter:
1️⃣ Vanilla batter
2️⃣ Chocolate batter

Top with:
🍫 Dark chocolate pieces
🍪 Chocolate chips

Bake at:
🔥 180°C (356°F)
⏱ 45–50 minutes

🍶 Simple Milk Topping

Heat together:
🥛 50 ml milk
🍬 2 tbsp sugar

Pour lightly over the warm cake.

Finish with:
❄ 1 tsp icing sugar for garnish.

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