Chocolate & Vanilla Marble Loaf

A deliciously tasty and simple recipe, this Chocolate & Vanilla Marble Loaf also freezes well ? you could double the quantities below and make 2 loaves ? one to eat ?now? and one to freeze.

I like serving this with tea, but my husband prefers his served with sliced bananas and hot custard as an after dinner pudding ;)

If you?re wondering why no photo?s of the slices exist ? it?s because I forgot to take any and when I remembered, the loaf had been eaten !


Chocolate & Vanilla Marble Loaf

½ cup Butter
½ cup Sugar
3 Eggs
2 cups Flour
3 tsp Baking Powder
pinch of Salt
1 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
2 tbsp Hot Chocolate Powder dissolved in 2 tbsp Milk

Cream the butter & sugar together until light & fluffy, then add the eggs & continue to beat until blended. Add the sifted flour, baking powder & salt and then the milk and vanilla essence. Beat well. Pour into a 22,5 cm x 11,5 cm (9 inch x 4,5 inch) greased loaf tin. Gently pour the chocolate mixture down the middle (surface) of the loaf & cut through the batter in a zig zag motion to gently mix or ?marble? the chocolate mixture through the vanilla batter. Bake at 180?C/350?F/Gas Mark 4 for 45 to 60 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean.