Friday, October 15, 2010

Chocolate Loaf Cake.

chocolate cake


chocolate cake


chocolate cake


This cake is moist and light and dense all at once. Next time I make this, I'll substitute the water for some kind of alcohol, like baileys or schnapps. Not that I'm obsessed with making boozey cakes or anything...
Recipe:
Adapted from Nigella Lawson's "How to be a domestic goddess."
Oven 190C

225g butter
375g dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g dark chocolate
200g plain flour
1 tsp bicarb soda
1 cup boiling water

Melt the chocolate in a metal bowl over boiling water.
Meanwhile, Cream the sugar, butter and 1 egg. Add the vanilla and the other egg.
Fold in the melted chocolate, being careful not to put too much air into the batter.
Mix the flour and the bicarb.
Add 1 spoonful of flour mix, and then 1 spoonful of water. Repeat until all mixed in.
The batter will be pretty thin.
Pour into a lined loaf tin.
Bake for 30 mins. Then turn the oven down to 170C and bake another 15 mins.
Cool completely before taking out of the tin.


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