Chocolate and vanilla marble loaf cake

Ingredients

• 5 eggs, separated


• pinch of salt


• 1 1/4 (250 grams) cup sugar


• 1/4 cup melted butter (you can also use vegetable oil)


• 1 vanilla bean


• 1 2/3 cup (200 grams) all purpose flour


• 1 tsp baking powder


• 1/4 cup cocoa powder


• 3 tbsp water


• 1-2 oz dark and white chocolate (optional, for topping)

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 375F.


2. In a clean, grease-free mixing bowl whisk the egg whites (on medium speed) with a pinch of salt until soft peaks form.


3. Gently fold in the sugar and keep whisking until firm peaks form.


4. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean.


5. In a small bowl mix the egg yolks with the melted butter and vanilla seeds. With a spatula gently fold in the egg yolks into the egg whites.


6. Slowly, making sure you don’t deflate the egg whites fold in the flour and baking powder.


7. In a small bowl combine to cocoa powder with the water until smooth.


8. Optional you can separate the batter in 2. In one half stir in the chocolate.


9. For a quicker version fold in the chocolate into the entire batter gently folding and marbling it.


10. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan. With a skewer make some swirls if you want.


11. Bake the cake in preheated oven for 50 minutes.


12. Once the cake is baked, leave it to cool slightly into the loaf pan before removing and cooling completely on a wire rack.


13. When the loaf cake is cooled, melt both the dark and white chocolate and drizzle it over.


14. Let set for few minutes before slicing it.

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