Here’s a rich, moist, and easy chocolate loaf cake recipe 🍫🍰—perfect for slicing or serving with coffee.
🍫 Chocolate Loaf Cake
🧾 Ingredients
- 1¾ cups (220g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (50g) cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup (115g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup (200g) sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup (180ml) milk
- Optional: ½ cup chocolate chips
🔥 Instructions
1. Prep
- Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F)
- Grease and line a loaf pan
2. Mix dry ingredients
- In a bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
3. Cream butter & sugar
- In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla
4. Combine
- Gradually mix in dry ingredients alternately with milk
- Stir until smooth (do not overmix)
- Fold in chocolate chips if using
5. Bake
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan
- Bake 50–60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
🍽️ Serve
- Let cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan
- Slice and serve plain, dusted with cocoa/powdered sugar, or with cream/ice cream
😋 Tips
- Use room temperature eggs and butter for best texture
- Add a tablespoon of espresso powder to enhance chocolate flavor
- For extra richness, drizzle melted chocolate on top after cooling
If you want, I can give you a super moist one-bowl chocolate loaf recipe that’s ready in under 15 minutes prep time. Do you want me to do that?
