Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, Marble Zebra cake is a vegan, vegetarian American, Vegan dessert made with flax meal, virgin coconut oil, and organic canola oil in about 55 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 40 minutes
  • Total time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 8 servings
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American, Vegan

Ingredients

For half Whole wheat.

  • 1 Tablespoon flax meal
  • 2 Tablespoons virgin coconut oil (melted)
  • 3 Tablespoons organic canola oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 Tablespoons orange juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon vinegar
  • 8 Tablespoons raw sugar
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1.25 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

Spices

  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ginger powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon cloves powder
  • 3 + Tablespoons cocoa powder

Ingredients for all Whole Wheat (with home milled soft white Whole wheat flour)

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 7 Tablespoons raw Sugar (scant 1/2 cup. Use 1/2 cup for sweeter)
  • 1 Tablespoon light agave
  • 1 Tablespoon coconut milk
  • 1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar or 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • 1/4 cup organic canola oil (or half virgin coconut and half organic canola oil)
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup and 1/4 cup soft white whole wheat flour
  • 1.25 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2-3 Tbsp cocoa powder

Method

  1. In a bowl, whisk all the wet ingredients, salt and sugar until well combined. (Add flaxmeal to the wet for AP version)
  2. In another bowl, whisk the flours, baking powder and spices and add to the wet ingredients.
  3. Whisk until just about combined into a flowy batter. Use a few teaspoons more water or flour if needed, since the water absorption depends on the flours.
  4. Transfer half of the cake mix to another bowl and add cocoa powder to it. Mix till combined.
  5. The cocoa powder will thicken the batter a little, Add 2-3 teaspoons water to the cocoa batter to get it to the same consistency as the white batter.
  6. Take 2 ladles or small bowls of the same size and pour a ladle of the white cake mix onto parchment lined or well greased cake pan.
  7. Then pour a ladle of cocoa mix on top of the white mix.
  8. Continue till all mix gets used up.
  9. Bake in preheated 360 degrees F for 35-40 minutes until toothpick from the center comes out clean.
  10. Serve as is, or topped with melted chocolate.
  11. Cool for a bit before slicing for less crumbly slices.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.