double chocolate loaf cake

Making cake into a loaf is a form of mind trickery for me.

I have always associated a ‘loaf’ as somewhat healthy, not awesomely rich and sweet. Like banana or zucchini bread.

So after I had made this cake, even knowing every wonderful ingredient I had put into it, I still saw that same only loaf in my mind. I treated it like it was a run-of-the-mill bread.

This is not a run-of-the-mill loaf. It is a full on CAKE. A wonderful and delicious chocolate loaf cake.

Which I am sure the average person is able to determine in a matter of seconds as is not weird like me.

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Double Chocolate Loaf Cake

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

1 hr

Total Time

1 hr 10 mins

 

Making cake into a loaf is a form of mind trickery for me.

I have always associated a ‘loaf’ as somewhat healthy, not awesomely rich and sweet. Like banana or zucchini bread.

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Double Chocolate Loaf Cake

Servings: 8 servings

Author: Amanda Rettke

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 c 200g all-purpose flour
• 1/2 c 125ml coffee, warm
• pinch salt
• 1/3 c 80ml sour cream, room temp.
• 1 tbsp. McCormick® vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs room temp.
• 1 1/2 sticks 175g unsalted butter, room temp.
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 1/3 c 275g sugar
• 1/2 c 50g cocoa
• 1 c 175g semisweet morsels

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

2. In the bowl of your food processor, add in flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, butter, eggs, vanilla, sour cream, and salt.

3. Turn on food processor to low and run for 1-2 minutes.
4. Turn off and scrape down sides. Replace lid and turn on low again.

5. Pour warm coffee down the funnel while batter is mixing. Allow to mix for 30 more seconds or until fully incorporated.

6. Turn processor off and remove blade.
7. Add in morsels and stir until combined.
8. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan, approximately 9x4 inches.

9. Bake cake for 55-60 minutes, or until the chocolate loaf cake has risen and split down the middle and an inserted toothpick is removed clean.

10. Allow to cool on a cooling rack for five minutes.

11. Carefully remove cake from loaf pan (while it is still warm) and drizzle with chocolate syrup or ganache or flavor of choice. (or plain!)

12. Cut into slices and serve.

Recipe slightly adapted from Nigella. (hers is quadruple chocolate, so worth checking out!)

This is a chocolate loaf cake that you should immediately serve and cover in gobs of chocolate syrup or ganache. Or a fruit spread. or ice cream. Whatever you do, just make this and let that decadent glorious chocolate richness just melt in your mouth.

You wont be sorry. 😉