Easy Cherry and Chocolate Marble Loaf Cake
John created this dish for Great British Bake Off ™ Series 15. This easy version keeps the Black Forest marble of sour cherry and chocolate but swaps the soaked cherries, cherry paste and macarons for a jar of tart sour-cherry conserve and chocolate-hazelnut spread, so it comes together in one bowl. A confident figure-of-eight swirl still gives a clean, readable marble in every slice, and a quick warm chocolate-hazelnut glaze finishes it without any piping or ganache.
- Time: 120 min
Source: Relaxed Recipes
Ingredients
- FOR THE MARBLE SPONGE BASE
- unsalted butter, softened
- caster sugar
- large eggs, at room temperature
- self-raising flour
- vanilla extract
- salt
- whole milk, to loosen
- FOR THE CHERRY HALF
- thick sour-cherry conserve, high-fruit / low-sugar
- lemon juice or kirsch, to sharpen
- FOR THE CHOCOLATE HALF
- chocolate-hazelnut spread , at room temperature
- FOR THE GLAZE
- chocolate-hazelnut spread
- A splash of milk, to loosen
- EQUIPMENT
- loaf tin, greased and lined with parchment
- Electric hand mixer or stand mixer
- Two mixing bowls
- Skewer or thin knife
- Small heatproof bowl