Zebra pie with milk

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a Zebra pie with milk in the oven? Prepare everything you need. We will prepare both types of dough (chocolate and white) at the same time, like real pros! If you don't feel so confident, you can make one dough first and then the other. Where to start is up to you. So, take two bowls. Beat a chicken egg into each and add sugar. Add salt and vanilla sugar. Salt will enrich the taste of the future pie.

2. STEP 2

   

   Using a whisk, alternately stir both mixtures for a couple of minutes until light bubbles form. There is no need to completely dissolve the sugar at this stage; it will still have time to melt.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour in the milk. It can be either cold or at room temperature. I used milk with a fat percentage of 3.2%. The taste of the pie will depend on the fat content of the milk. As luck would have it, the harsh law “The fattier, the tastier” works here too... Mix both mixtures alternately with a whisk again.

4. STEP 4

   

   Pour the entire volume of soda (intended for two types of dough) into a small bowl and quench it with the entire volume of lemon juice. Using a teaspoon, distribute the baking soda equally between two bowls. If a little less soda gets into one bowl and a little more soda into the other, then absolutely nothing bad will happen. The soda is quenched with lemon so that the baked goods rise well, are fluffy and completely baked inside. Read more about baking soda in the article below the steps.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add cocoa to the future chocolate dough. It would be better to sift it through a strainer to break up the lumps. There is no need to stir just yet to avoid dirtying the whisk. This is not laziness, but a rationalization idea :) We don’t add anything to the white dough at this stage, it skips a turn.

6. STEP 6

   

   Sift the flour into the white dough in parts, stirring the mixture with a whisk. At the very end, add sunflower oil and stir again. The white dough is ready! Also sift the flour into the chocolate dough in parts, stir until smooth, and finally stir in the sunflower oil. Chocolate dough is ready! It may take you less or more flour. Follow the test. Read about flour under the steps. The dough will be smooth and slightly runny (drips freely from a spoon).

7. STEP 7

   

   Grease the bottom of the baking dish with a drop of sunflower oil to make it easier to remove the cake later. I have a round silicone mold with a diameter of 22 cm. Take two tablespoons. One for white dough, the other for chocolate dough. Now you need to pour the dough, one tablespoon at a time, into the very center of the mold, alternating between chocolate and white dough. A spoonful of chocolate, then a spoonful of white, and so on until all the dough is gone.

8. STEP 8

   

   This is what my pie looks like before the final stage. The circles are clearly visible. For me, the process of pouring the dough was quite tedious, but it is through this technology that the beautiful design of the pie is achieved. By the way, it seems to me that if the last spoon is with chocolate dough, then the pie as a whole will look more advantageous.

9. STEP 9

   

   You can decorate the top of the pie with an intricate pattern. Using a regular toothpick, draw several rays from the center to the edges. And then between these rays make a few more, only in reverse: from the edges to the center. Bake the pie in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes, depending on the oven. Read about ovens below the steps. Check readiness with a toothpick. If you pierce the very center of the cake, a toothpick should come out clean.

Comments on the recipe

homjak

26.08.2023

4.5

There are different versions of this pie. For example, Zebra can also be baked with sour cream.

Natalia M

26.08.2023

4.7

I often bake zebra, but with sour cream or kefir. I decided to try it with milk, especially since this recipe contains product lists for two types of dough at once. It turned out to be very convenient. I beat the dough with a mixer for speed. I added flour and cocoa in the given dosages, but the chocolate dough turned out to be denser, so I diluted it with a little milk. Both types of dough turned out like a cupcake, quite thick. However, the dough spread well when I layered it. Maybe that’s why the drawing turned out so clear) Based on the volume of the dough, I understood that it should be a large pie and it would be better to use a round mold 26 cm in diameter. But I wanted to do something unusual) And I took a rectangular cake pan. I laid out the dough in three places one after another, then used a toothpick to make a pattern on the surface. Since the pan is narrow and the top of the cake set quickly, I covered it with foil and baked until the skewer was dry. The pie came out very tall! And to my happiness it was completely baked. The crumb turned out to be lush and porous. The cut is clear and beautiful. I think the cupcake is simply beautiful) Its taste is simply magnificent, almost like a classic cupcake, but lighter. It is moderately moist, the pieces are cut evenly, do not break, and are flexible. It also has an amazing chocolate aroma! My whole family was impressed by Zebra. The recipe is very successful, I’ll take note.

Ekaterina 2728

26.08.2023

4.7

My daughter (7 years old) and I tried your recipe together. She found it very exciting. And we were very pleased with the result. It was VERY tasty!