Pumpkin Spice-Chocolate Marble Loaves

Pumpkin Spice-Chocolate Marble Loaves

These are super moist and full of pumpkin and chocolate flavor!
Plan Ahead Note: the butter needs to be softened to room temperature.
Course Halloween
Servings 8 mini loaves

Ingredients
  

Basic Batter

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 2 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ cup sour cream

Pumpkin Spice Batter

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Chocolate Batter

  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa sifted
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules

Instructions
 

Basic Batter

  • Preheat oven to 350°.                
  • Beat butter and sugars with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
  • Add eggs and egg yolks 1 at a time, beating on medium-low after each addition.
  • Add vanilla; beat just until incorporated.
  • Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
  • Add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating on low speed just until combined after each addition.
  •  Divide Basic Batter evenly between 2 large bowls.

Pumpkin Spice Batter

  • Add flour, canned pumpkin, and pumpkin pie spice to 1 of the Basic Batter bowls; stir together until completely combined.  Set aside.

Chocolate Batter

  • Add cocoa, sour cream, and instant coffee granules to remaining Basic Batter bowl, and stir until smooth.
  • Drop large spoonfuls of the Pumpkin Spice Batter across the bottom of eight 5 ¾" x 3 ¼" mini loaf pans.  
  • Repeat with Chocolate Batter.
  • Swirl batters with a long pick, moving back and forth from one end of the pan to the other.
  • Bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean.  Cool on a wire rack.

Notes

Recipe from Southern Living Magazine.