Dutch Coco & Banana Marble Bundt Cake with Sea Salt Chocolate glaze

Dutch Coco & Banana Marble Bundt Cake with Sea Salt Chocolate glaze

Ingredients

3 over ripe bananas, peeled & mushed into a bowl

125 grams unsalted butter, room temperature

1 1/2 cups caster sugar

1/2 tsp sea salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup brown sugar

2/3 cup 70% Dutch coco

2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 cup milk

1/2 cup greek yogurt

3 eggs

Sea salt chocolate glaze

3 tbsp butter

4 tbsp dutch cacao, sifted

400 grams icing sugar, sifted

1 tbsp milk

1 1/2 tbsp boiling water

1 tsp sea salt

Method

Preheat the oven to 175℃.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, whip together the butter and sugar until pale. Add the sea salt, vanilla and eggs. Whip on medium-high for 2 minutes or until doubled in size.

Sift the flour and baking powder in a bowl. Sift the coco powder in a separate bowl.

Alternate adding the sifted flour with the milk, ending with the greek yoghurt as the last “milk” addition. The mixture should be pale, thick but also fluffy.

Divide the batter in half, leaving one half in the mixer bowl. Add the sifted cacao into the batter in the mixer. Beat until the coco is evenly combined.

Add the mashed bananas to the other half of the batter.

Butter and flour a bundt tin. Starting with the coco batter, alternate scooping batter into the bundt tin, making sure the flavours alternate also on the additional layers.

Place the tin onto an iron cast pan and place into the oven (this helps to cook evenly as the iron cast holds heat and will cook evenly through the bottom). Bake for 50-60 minutes or until risen and slightly rusting on the top.

Remove from the oven and leave too cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out on a wire cooling rack. Leave too cool completely.

In a bowl, melt the butter. Add the sifted icing sugar until thick then add the milk. Add the sifted coco powder and the boiling water. Mix until a deep chocolate colour and smooth.

Pour over the top of the bundt cake and allow to run down the sides. Sprinkle with the sea salt on the top and enjoy.