Chocolate marble loaf
By Chatelaine
* PLUS 10 minutes cooling time
Photo, Erik Putz.
Who says a loaf can't be the star of the show? Swirls of dark chocolate and sweet vanilla cake make every slice a decadent and unique treat.
Ingredients
-
2 1/4 cups
all-purpose
flour
-
1 cup
granulated
sugar
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2 tsp
baking powder
-
1 tsp
baking soda
-
1/2 tsp
salt
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2
eggs
-
3/4 cup
buttermilk
-
1/2 cup
unsalted
butter
, melted and cooled slightly
-
1/4 cup
hot
water
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2 tsp
vanilla
-
1/4 cup
semi-sweet
chocolate chips
-
2 tsp
coarse
sugar
Instructions
- PREHEAT oven to 350F and spray a 9 × 5-in. loaf pan with oil.
- WHISK flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Whisk eggs, buttermilk, butter, hot water and vanilla in a medium bowl. Stir into flour mixture until just combined. Reserve 1 cup of the batter.
- MELT chocolate chips and 2 tbsp hot water. Stir into reserved 1 cup batter until no streaks remain. Pour half of the plain batter into prepared pan. Top with chocolate mixture, then cover with remaining plain batter. Drag a paring knife through the batter 2 or 3 times. Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- BAKE 50 to 60 min. Cool in pan on rack, about 10 min. Remove from pan and cool on rack completely.
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