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Espresso Chocolate And Vanilla Marble Loaf Cake

One batter and two distinct flavors. The vanilla bean batter is so fluffy, tender and light while the espresso chocolate batter is dark, rich and indulgent. They are swirled together to create the most elegant, delicious and beautiful tea cake recipe.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Resting Time 2 hours
Course Cake, Dessert, High Tea, Sweet tooth, tea time
Cuisine German
Servings 10 people

Equipment

  • Large mixing bowl
  • Medium mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • 9 inch loaf tin
  • Baking paper
  • Rubber spatula

Ingredients
  

For the cake -

  • 225 g butter cubed and chilled
  • 225 g flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 225 g castor sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract/paste the good stuff
  • 3 eggs
  • 120 g yogurt
  • 20 g cocoa powder
  • 15 g espresso powder
  • 40 g hot water

For the syrup -

  • 120 g water
  • 45 g castor sugar

For the glaze -

  • 45 g cocoa powder
  • 60 g icing sugar
  • 30 g hot cream

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 175 Degrees C and line a 9 inch loaf tin by brushing it with oil and baking paper, making sure it hangs over the sides so it is easier to lift from the tin once baked.
  • In a smaller mixing bowl add the cocoa powder, espresso powder and hot water - stir together until smooth and combined. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and stir together with your fingers. Add the butter and using your finger rub together to create a damp sand like texture. Add in the castor sugar and stir together.
  • Add the eggs, vanilla, yogurt and whisk until smooth.
  • Divide the batter into half and using a rubber spatula transfer half the batter to the bowl with the cocoa powder mixture. Whisk it well until smooth and combined.
  • Scoop 3-4 dollops of vanilla batter at the bottom of the tin and fill in the gaps with the chocolate batter. Top the vanilla batter with scoops of chocolate. Then top the chocolate batter with scoops of vanilla batter and repeat unit the batters are done.
  • Using a chopstick or a knife, swirl the batters together a couple of times and bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • While the cake is baking make the simple syrup by boiling the water and sugar together until the sugar has dissolved and the syrup is transparent.
  • Once the cake is out of the oven, poke holes into it and pour over the warm syrup. Allow this to soak for a couple of hours covered with cling wrap.
  • To make the cocoa glaze, stir all the ingredients together until smooth and pour over the cake, sprinkle over the sea salt flakes, slice and serve.

Notes

  • Do not over swirl the batter as it should not merge into one color as it bakes.
  • To get that bakery style crack on the top of the loaf cake after baking you can pipe on a thin layer of butter - this is not needed as we will be covering the top with the glaze.
  • After baking, pour over the syrup while the cake is warm and cover with cling wrap in the loaf tin to seal in the moisture.
  • Recipe adapted from Red Currant Bakery