Marble Loaf Cake

By Sugar Salt Magic · 90 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Melt the butter in the microwave until just melted, then set it aside to cool slightly.
2. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F (160°C fan). Grease an 8 x 4 inch loaf tin and line it with baking paper.
3. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt well.
4. In another bowl, combine the melted butter, eggs, buttermilk, vegetable oil and vanilla, and whisk well.
5. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Gently fold with a spatula just until no lumps remain.
6. Take about 1 ½ cups of the batter and move it back to the wet ingredients bowl. Add the cocoa and boiling water and stir until just combined.
7. Drop about ½ cup of the vanilla batter into the tin, then add ½ cup of the chocolate batter on top. Repeat these alternating layers until all the batter is in the tin.
8. Run a knife through the batter a couple of times to swirl it, without fully mixing the two.
9. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, until a toothpick comes out with a sticky crumb or two attached. Watch it closely towards the end.
10. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then lift out using the baking paper and finish cooling on a wire rack. Let it cool completely before topping.
11. For the ganache, heat the cream in a small saucepan over low-medium heat until it starts to bubble. Pour over the chocolate in a heatproof bowl, shake gently to submerge it, and leave for 1 minute.
12. Stir the ganache until smooth, then let it cool for 5 minutes before pouring over the cake.

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