Marble Loaf Cake

Makes 1 Loaf

Ingredients

1 ½ squares unsweetened chocolate

2 ½ cups sifted cake flour

¾ teaspoon salt

3 teaspoons baking powder

½ cup soft butter or margarine

1 ½ cups sugar

3 eggs

¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

¾ cup milk

Method

1.                  Melt chocolate over hot, not boiling, water.  Let cool.

2.                  Preheat oven to 350°F.  Grease and flour a 9-by-5=by-3-inch loaf pan.

3.                  Sift flour with salt and baking powder; set aside.

4.                  In large bowl of electric mixer, at medium speed, beat butter and sugar until light.

5.                  Add eggs and vanilla, beating until very light and fluffy.

6.                  At low speed, beat in flour mixture (in fourths), alternately with milk (in thirds), beginning and ending with flour mixture.

7.                  In medium bowl, combine about one third batter with chocolate, mixing well.

8.                  Spoon plain and chocolate batters, alternately, into prepared pan.  With spatula or knife, cut through batter, forming a Z.

9.                  Bake 65 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

10.              Cool in pan 15 minutes.  Remove from pan’ cool thoroughly on wire rack.  To serve, cut into thin slices.  

Cake prepared and photos taken by Shirley-Ann Pearman

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