Chocolate Vanilla Marble Cake

This Chocolate Vanilla Marble Cake is typically what we call a “Gâteau régréssif” in French – meaning it makes you feel like a kid again.

Growing up in France, most kids (myself included) would often snack on hefty slices of “Savane“, an iconic French store-bought chocolate-vanilla Marble Cake. Seeing a loaf of “Savane” sitting on the kitchen table after school was simply the best!

Now, as an adult, I still have a passion for eating marbled cakes, and developed a passion for baking them too.

Here is the loaf I make over and over again, whenever I yearn for that taste from my childhood. It’s buttery, moist, tender and eye-catching with its pretty chocolate-vanilla swirls.

INGREDIENTS

• 2/3 cup (150g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup (200g) sugar
• 165g eggs (3 eggs)*
• 2 cups (235g) flour
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp kosher salt
• ¼ cups (60g) milk
• 2 tsp (8.5ml) vanilla extract
• 3 tsbp (22g) unsweetened cocoa powder + 1 tbsp (15ml) milk
• *Whisk the eggs together in a small bowl and weight them. Adjust if needed: remove some of the egg mixture to get 165g exactly.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 390°F (200°C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan with butter and dust with flour.
2. Using a spatula or a whisk, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs and mix until well incorporated.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Combine with the wet ingredients, and mix until just incorporated. Add in the 60g of milk, and mix until just incorporated.
4. Divide the batter in two separate bowls. In the first bowl, stir in the vanilla extract. In the second bowl, stir in the cocoa powder with one tablespoon of milk.
5. .....................

for full instruction please see: www.pardonyourfrench.com

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