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Chocolate Loaf Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Chocolate Loaf Cake

11 ingredients 15 min + 50 min Makes 8 - 10 slices. openrecipes
Chocolate Loaf Cake

Certainly not the most attractive cake I've ever baked - but right in so many other ways. Deep chocolate flavor, barely set center, indiscernible crumb, thin Muscovado crust...if you can get over how it looks, you'll love it.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

863
Calories
21g
Protein
27g
Fat
130g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Spelt not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • zest of one lemon
  • 1 1/4 cups / 5 oz / 145 g spelt flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
  • 1 cup / 8 oz / 225g unsalted butter
  • 1 2/3 cups / 7.5 oz / 215 g v. loosely packed dark Muscovado sugar
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 oz / 115 g bittersweet chocolate, barely melted
  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons boiling water
  • another 1/3 cup / 1.5 oz / 45 g Muscovado sugar (optional)

Directions

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By 101cookbooks · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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