Frédéric Bau, École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Chocolate-Vanilla Marble Loaf

Name: Chocolate-Vanilla Marble Loaf
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon (20 g) grape-seed oil; ½ cup (120 ml) whipping cream; 1 vanilla bean; Scant ⅓ cup (70 ml) whipping cream; Scant ⅔ cup (4 ¼ oz./120 g) sugar; 2 teaspoons (5 g) unsweetened cocoa powder; ¾ teaspoon (3 g) baking powder; 4 ½ tablespoons (2 ⅓ oz./65 g) butter, melted and cooled; 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (7 ¾ oz./220 g) granulated sugar; Scant cup (2 ¾ oz./80 g) cake flour; A little melted butter to dip the spatula (optional); 4 egg yolks; 2 ½ oz. (70 g) bittersweet chocolate, 70 percent cocoa; 1 cup plus generous ¾ cup (5 ¾ oz./165 g) cake flour; 8 egg yolks; ½ teaspoon (2 g) baking powder

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 20

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

Vanilla batter

8 egg yolks
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (7 ¾ oz.

Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian
Microwave

Method

Prepare the vanilla batter. In a mixing bowl, combine the egg yolks with the sugar. Add the cream. Slit the vanilla bean lengthways and scrape out the seeds into the mixture. Sift in the flour and baking powder and incorporate them into the batter, then stir in the melted butter. Set aside.

Prepare the chocolate batter. Chop the chocolate and melt it slowly in a