Simple Delicious Recipes
The Best Chocolate Loaf Cake – Made with cocoa powder and melted chocolate, this is an intensely rich, moist and melt- in -your- mouth chocolate cake. This cake can be eaten on it own or spread with creamy chocolate mascarpone. It is perfect for small gatherings or celebrations.Â
Chocolate cake shouldn’t just be for celebrations. You should be able to treat yourself to chocolate cake without all the fuss. Especially on cool autumn days with a cup of tea or coffee.
Over the last year I have been testing out this chocolate cake recipe and I am very happy with the results. This cake is not only easy to make but also produces a soft, chocolatey, delicious cake. Â
This amazing cake is made using some simple key ingredients.
Flour- All-purpose or plain flour is all you need for this.
Brown & White Sugar- Adds sweetness to the cake.
Espresso powder– Espresso enhances the flavour of the chocolate. It is optional, but I definitely recommend this.
Cocoa Powder– Use cocoa powder which contains potassium carbonate or Dutch- process cocoa powder. This type of cocoa is mellow in flavour and produces a darker richer cake.
Baking powder & bicarbonate of soda- Both of these ingredients give the loaf its rise.
Butter- Use room temperature unsalted butter to ensure that the ingredients mix together easily and also produce evenly baked goods.
Eggs- They keep the cake moist and add rich flavour to the cake.
Buttermilk- This contributes to the leavening of the cake and when combined with bicarbonate of soda gives the cake its rise. If you haven’t got any buttermilk, make some by mixing 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar with 250 ml (1 cup of milk and leave to stand for 10 minutes.
Vanilla Extract- Adds great flavour to the cake.
Start the batter off by creaming room temperature butter and sugar until fluffy. Dairy ingredients combine easier when at room temperature and will disperse more evenly into the batter. Melted chocolate ensures the cake is extra chocolatey and espresso powder elevates the flavour of the chocolate. Buttermilk aides in the rise of the cake. If you haven’t got any, there is a recipe homemade version in the notes.Â
Before pouring the batter into the loaf tin, I would recommend greasing and lining it with parchment or baking paper. This will prevent the cake from sticking to the tin and guarantee’s your cake coming away from the pan perfect.
This cake is delicious enough to be eaten on it’s own, however I frosted it with this creamy chocolate mascarpone cream. It spreads just beautifully over the cake. Whip together mascarpone cream, icing sugar and melted chocolate to make the frosting
To the point. No frills. Self explanatory. Definitely 5 star!
Lush, moist and absolutely delicious 😋
Thank you. It is such a delicious cake.
How much espresso needs to be added in the cake? I do not see it in the ingredients section or in the direction. Outside of that it sounds like a great recipe! Thank you!
It’s one teaspoon of espresso powder. I have updated the recipe. Many thanks for your lovely comment and bringing it to my attention I had missed out an ingredient.