Buttermilk Chocolate Swirl Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or 2 teaspoons rum extract
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken up
• confectioners' sugar, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees f; coat an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray and flour lightly.
• 2 mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• 3 whisk buttermilk, eggs, egg , oil and extracts in medium bowl; stir into flour mixture just until blended.
• 4 melt chocolate in microwave on high about 1 minute, stirring every 15 seconds; stir in 1 1/3 cups batter.
• 5 working quickly (chocolate batter will become firm and hard to swirl if you let it stand too long), pour some of the batter over bottom of pan, then dollop with chocolate batter.
• 6 fill pan by alternating dollops of and chocolate batter.
• 7 pull knife through batter to swirl.
• 8 bake 1 hour or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 9 cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 10 remove from pan; put cake right side up on rack to cool.
• 11 dust with confectioners' sugar.