Cook with Katie: Chocolate Marble Loaf Cake

 

In today's post I want to show you how to make this chocolate and vanilla marble loaf cake. I made this a couple of weeks ago for my housemates 21st Birthday and decided to share the recipe with you! 

For the cake you will need: 

• 225g butter, softened
• 225g caster sugar
• 275g self-raising flour
• 2 level tsp baking powder
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tbsp milk
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1½ level tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp hot water
• For the icing you will need: 
• 600g icing sugar 
• 300g baking butter 
• 1 tsp cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Method: 

1. Preheat the oven to 160C/140C fan/Gas 3. Lightly grease a 900g loaf tin. Line with a wide strip of non-stick baking parchment to go up the wide sides and over the base.

2. Measure the butter, sugar, flour, baking powder, eggs, milk and vanilla extract into a large bowl and beat with a hand-held electric mixer for about two minutes, until well blended. Spoon half into another bowl and set aside.

3. In a small bowl, mix the cocoa powder and hot water together until smooth. Allow to cool slightly, then add to one of the bowls of cake mixture, mixing well until evenly blended.

4. Spoon the vanilla and chocolate cake mixtures randomly into the prepared tin until all of the mixture is used up, and gently level the surface.

5. Bake for 50 minutes to one hour, until the cake is well risen, springy to the touch and starting to shrink away from the sides of the tin. Allow to cool in the tin for a few minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack, peel off the lining paper and leave to cool completely.

6. Beat 600g sifted icing sugar and 300g butter together until smooth.

7. Split icing mixture into two bowls, vanilla extract to one and cocoa powder to the other. Mix until combined. 

8. Spoon alternate icing mixes into a piping bag with a star nozzle to achieve the marble effect. 

9. Put cake into the fridge to set icing, then cut into slices and enjoy! 

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