Photo: David Holifield
Chocolate Loaf Cake
11 ingredients
15 min + 50 min
Makes 8 - 10 slices.
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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.
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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