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Eggless Vanilla and Chocolate Swirl Cake

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The long Thanksgiving break really gave me the time to stir up something, and I felt the urge to bake, again. Woke up in the morning with a good plan of cooking my Ragi porridge and some rice. I had left over Rasam and Carrot kai from yesterday. Today being a Sunday and the break week, didn't want to cook something new and elaborate. But just a look at my new pack of dried cranberries gave me the urge to bake something. I started out with a plain vanilla cake with cranberries in them, but then it all turned out to be something new, something I new tried before. It's the Vanilla Chocolate Swirl cake. This is how it all happened. While I was mixing the dry ingredients, the thought of Zebra cake stayed with me. I have seen a few blogs use toothpick and other things to make these Zebras and I wanted to try it too. But I didn't have any dark chocolate. So I used Nesquick chocolate mix (25% less sugar kind) generously. The cake turned out soft and spongy. I had some for my ...