Recipe: Pumpkin Chocolate Marble Bread - Marla Meridith

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 cups unbleached flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup coconut sugar
• 1/4 to 1 cup pure maple syrup (you decide on the level of sweetness)
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 15-oz can unsweetened pumpkin puree
• 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk or kefir, divided
• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder