How to Make
Chocolate Marble Loaf with Peanut Drizzle
Time
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Serves
8
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1.
For The Hazelnut Chocolate Marble Loaf: Preheat a fan oven to 180ºC/Gas Mark 5 and line a 2lbs loaf tin with baking paper.
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2.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt until well combined then set aside.
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3.
In a large jug or separate bowl combine the eggs, buttermilk, vegetable oil and vanilla.
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4.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and fold the two together until just combined the divide the batter equally between two bowls.
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5.
In one bowl fold through the toasted chopped hazelnuts and in the other mix in the Hazelnut Hot Chocolate and hot water.
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6.
Add alternate spoons of each batter to the loaf tin then bake for 50 minutes until golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
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7.
Set aside to cool in the tin whilst you make the Peanut Butter Hazelnut Icing.
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8.
For The Peanut Butter Hazelnut Icing: Add the peanut butter, icing sugar, Hazelnut Hot Chocolate and single cream to a small bowl and whisk it together until smooth.
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9.
To decorate, remove the loaf cake from the tin and lay it onto a serving dish.
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10.
Pour the icing across the top of the loaf, pushing it over the sides to form drips.
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11.
Finish with a scattering of toasted chopped hazelnuts then slice and serve.
