Chocolate Marble Cake

 

Ingredients:

115 g. dark chocolate (coarsely chopped)

2 tbsp. coffee

195 g. cake flour (sifted)

2 tsp. baking powder (sifted)

1/4 tsp. salt

113 g. unsalted butter (room temperature)

1/2 cup and 2 tbsp. granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

120 ml. plain yogurt (room temperature)

Methods:

1. Butter a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. In a bowl, melt chocolate and coffee placed over a pot of simmering water.  Stir until melted and smooth, remove from heat and set aside to cool to room temperature.
3. In a separate bowl, add cake flour, baking powder and salt.  Stir to mix.
4. In the bowl of the stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Beat in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, until well combined.  Scrap down the sides of the bowl as needed.
5. With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture (in three additions) and yogurt (in two additions), beginning with flour and ending with the flour.
6. Spoon a little less than half of the batter into a separate bowl, and then stir in the melted chocolate.
7. With two spoons, place spoonfuls of the two batters alternately into your loaf pan (chocolate, white, chocolate, etc).  Run (don't stir) a wooden skewer through the two batters to achieve a marbled effect.
8. Bake in a preheated oven of 180 degree Celsius for about 50-60 minutes, depending on your oven, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the centre just comes our clean.
9. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.  Cool completely, slice and enjoy!

I adapted this recipe from 'kitchencookbook.net' with a slight adjustment on the amount of sugar to suit my baking preference.