Zebra Cake

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2017

Go wild with this chocolate and vanilla striped cake, finished in a rich vanilla buttercream.

SERVES 14 to 16

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 1½ hours cooling

Zebra Cake

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For this cake’s signature stripes, we mix cocoa powder with hot water not only to bring out its flavor but also to prevent it from thickening the cake batter too much. Both Dutch-processed and natural cocoa work in this recipe, but Dutch-pr...

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