Shabbat Mandarin Marble Loaf

Serves: 6

Llewellyn Gorczany

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

45

Sweetness

49

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2.25 cups

Granulated Sugar

5

Eggs

1 cup

Water

3.25 cups

All-Purpose Flour

1 tsp

Baking Soda

3.5 tsps

Baking Powder

1 tsp

Salt

6 tbsps

Orange Juice

Directions:

1

Preheat the oven to 350°F

2

Generously grease a 10 inch tube or angel cake pan, a 12-cup bundt pan, or two 9 by 5-inch loaf pans

3

Line the bottom of the pan(s) with parchment paper

4

Prepare the chocolate paste by placing the cocoa and oil in a small bowl and blending well

5

Add a drop or more of oil if the mixture appears too stiff or thick to stir or blend easily

6

For the cake, in a large bowl, blend the oil with the sugar until light and fluffy, scraping the bowl often

7

Blend in the eggs and stir in the vanilla, water, orange juice, and zest

8

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt

9

Add to the wet ingredients

10

Remove one third of the batter to a smaller bowl

11

Stir the chocolate paste into this to make a chocolate batter and add to this the grated chocolate or miniature chocolate chips

12

Spoon alternating portions of white and chocolate batter into the prepared pan

13

You can do this with a spatula or a soup spoon

14

It doesn't really matter how you place the batter in the pan — it works out in the baking

15

Bake the large cake for 55 to 60 minutes, smaller cakes for 35 to 40 minutes

16

The cake should be lightly browned on top, perhaps slightly cracked, and spring back when lightly pressed

17

Cool in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack

18

Then either dust with confectioners' sugar or glaze

19

For the glaze, stir together the confectioners' sugar and orange juice to make a thick but pourable sauce

20

Drizzle this over the top of the cooled cake

21

Garnish with long shreds of orange zest, if desired

22

Preheat the oven to 350°F

23

Generously grease a 10 inch tube or angel cake pan, a 12-cup bundt pan, or two 9 by 5-inch loaf pans

24

Line the bottom of the pan(s) with parchment paper

25

Prepare the chocolate paste by placing the cocoa and oil in a small bowl and blending well

26

Add a drop or more of oil if the mixture appears too stiff or thick to stir or blend easily

27

For the cake, in a large bowl, blend the oil with the sugar until light and fluffy, scraping the bowl often

28

Blend in the eggs and stir in the vanilla, water, orange juice, and zest

29

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt

30

Add to the wet ingredients

31

Remove one third of the batter to a smaller bowl

32

Stir the chocolate paste into this to make a chocolate batter and add to this the grated chocolate or miniature chocolate chips

33

Spoon alternating portions of white and chocolate batter into the prepared pan

34

You can do this with a spatula or a soup spoon

35

It doesn't really matter how you place the batter in the pan — it works out in the baking

36

Bake the large cake for 55 to 60 minutes, smaller cakes for 35 to 40 minutes

37

The cake should be lightly browned on top, perhaps slightly cracked, and spring back when lightly pressed

38

Cool in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack

39

Then either dust with confectioners' sugar or glaze

40

For the glaze, stir together the confectioners' sugar and orange juice to make a thick but pourable sauce

41

Drizzle this over the top of the cooled cake

42

Garnish with long shreds of orange zest, if desired