Thanksgiving Romanian Sweet Bread

This is by way of Curiositykilledthecook.blogspot.com,.It'a wonderful site. (I'm not affiliated, merely appreciative.)

Makes 2 loaves

1/2 cup butter, melted2 cups sugar3 eggs2 1/2 cups milk2 tsp vanilla extract1/2 lemon zest5 1/2 cups flour1 Tbsp baking powder2 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped1/2 cup cocoa1/2 cup powdered sugar (for dusting)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pans.

Cream the melted butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each. Add the milk, lemon zest, and vanilla, and mix thoroughly.

Mix the flour, baking powder, and walnuts. Mix this with the wet ingredients. Pour about 1/2 of the batter into a new bowl and mix in the cocoa. (Add a bit of milk if it's too thick).

Into each loaf pan, pour a layer of the white batter, making sure to leave some batter for the top. Then pour in a layer of the chocolate batter, and top each with the last of the white batter.

Bake about 1 hour, until a stick comes out clean.

Let the loaves cool and dust with powdered sugar.