Mocha Swirl Bread w/ Espresso Icing

By Mybigbuns

A nice quick bread.

Ingredients

• Bread:
• 1 Slightly rounded tsp espresso powder
• 1 Tb boiling water
• 3/4 cup from age fraise or sour cream or cream cheese
• 1/2 cup cornmeal
• 1 stick soft butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 2/3 cups flour
• Baking powder/soda as appropriate (to substitute for self rising flour.)
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 Tb cocoa powder
• Espresso icing:
• 2/3 cup conf sugar
• 1 slightly rounded tsp espresso powder
• Scant 1 Tb cream cheese (from bread cheese)

Preparation

Step 1

Bread:
Put espresso powder in boiling water to dissolve cool.remove scant Tb from cheese for icing. Put remaining cheese, cornmeal, butter,sugar, eggs, flour baking powder & sodas, in bowl, beat until combined. Put 1/2 mixture in second bowl., add vanilla, mix. To first bowl add cocoa powder & espresso water, mix. Spoon batters into baking pans & swirl w/skewer. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 min.
Icing:
Sift conf sugar into bowl w/ espresso powder add reserved cheese. Add enough cold water to make spreadable. Cool bread in pan, remove & ice.