Belgian Chocolate & Vanilla Marble Teacake Loaves:1 loaf thyme and a bunch of

thyme and a bunch of kalamata olives

All we do is give the dough plenty of time to develop strength naturally without any additives

We also introduced hazelnuts into the mix as a custard in between the cake layers which offsets both the chocolate and the tangy berry flavour beautifully

Beautifully light and fluffy

Belgian Chocolate & Vanilla Marble Teacake Loaves:1 loaf thyme and a bunch ofShippable My mother made all our birthday cakes till pretty much our teenage years. The cake was almost always based on a pound cake principle and one of the most frequent variation in our house was the Marble Cake. We used to all gather around her as she measured the maida, sugar and butter against the weight of eggs using an old school tarazu. It's a distinct memory so this cake is special. We too started off at the pound cake ratio but veered off