Chocolate Loaf
Soft, moist and slightly fudgy chocolate loaf cake topped with a smooth chocolate ganache. A simple, yet absolutely delicious cake!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 loaf cake 1x
- Category: Cake
- Method: Easy
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
Loaf
- 120g Unsalted butter (1/2 cup), cubed
- 110g Dark chocolate, roughly chopped (3.8oz)
- 120g Plain flour (1 cup)
- 1/4 tsp Baking soda
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 30g Cocoa powder (1/4 cup)
- 90g Brown sugar (1/2 cup)
- 100g White sugar (1/2 cup)
- 2 Eggs
- 140g Greek yoghurt/sour cream
- 120ml Espresso/strong brewed coffee (1/2 cup)
Chocolate Ganache
- 110g Dark chocolate (3.8oz), roughly chopped
- 80g Thickened cream (1/3 cup)
- Heavy pinch of salt
Instructions
Loaf
- Preheat the oven to 160C/320F
- Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with butter and dust with flour
- Melt chocolate and butter together in the microwave at 30 second intervals or over a double boiler, set aside
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, white and brown sugar in a large bowl, whisk to combine
- Whisk eggs into the cooled chocolate/butter one at a time until smooth
- Add yoghurt/sour cream and espresso, whisk until smooth
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined
- Transfer to the greased loaf tin and bake for 50-60 minutes, until an inserted toothpick emerges with a few moist crumbs
- Cool
Chocolate Ganache
- Place chocolate in a heat-proof bowl
- Heat the cream in a small saucepan until just boiling
- Remove from heat and pour over the chocolate, cover and let sit for 5 mins
- Uncover, add the salt and mix until smooth
- Spread warm ganache over cake
- Allow to set for 30 mins before serving
Keywords: chocolate, cake, fudge, ganache, sponge cake, loaf, cocoa powder
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