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Double Chocolate Loaf Cake Recipe

This is a no-fuss double chocolate loaf cake recipe you will love. The best chocolate loaf cake that's moist, soft, and delicious. It is easy to make and perfect with tea or coffee.
This double chocolate chip loaf cake is made with cocoa powder and chocolate chips for a delicious, moist chocolate loaf cake that stays fresh and soft.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, British, French
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 160 g Self raising flour
  • 40 g Dark Unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 100 g Chocolate chip
  • 215 g Sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Milk
  • 1/4 cup Hot water Boiling

Equipment

  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Loaf tin
  • Oven

Method
 

  1. Prepare the loaf tin by rubbing butter on the inside and lining it with baking paper.
  2. Add the eggs, milk, and oil into a mixing bowl. Mix until combined.
  3. Sift the self-raising flour and baking Soda into a bowl, add unsweetened dark cocoa powder, and mix. Add this to the egg mixture and stir to combine.
  4. Add hot water and mix the cake batter till smooth. then add 3/4 of the chocolate chips to the cake batter and mix.
  5. Transfer the cake batter to the lined Loaf tin. Top with the remaining chocolate chips.
  6. Bake the cake in the oven at 160C for 60 minutes or until baked (when it is fully baked, a skewer when inserted in the middle will come out clean).
  7. Let it cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn it onto a cooling rack to continue to cool.

Notes

  • Bake the cake in the middle of the oven for even heat distribution.
  • Don't open the oven door during the first 40 minutes of baking.
  • Don't over-bake the cake to avoid it getting dry. Once the skewer comes out clean, it's done.
  • Let the cake cool for at least 30 minutes before cutting it.
  • Loaf cakes are known for a cracked dome at the top, so that should be expected with your chocolate chip loaf cake.
  • It's moister the 2nd day after baking, so you can bake ahea