Chocolate Loaf Cake Recipe
This simple, classic, and super-easy Chocolate Loaf Cake recipe can be made in about an hour and a half. Perfect for a quick dessert dish to take to a Christmas party!
Chocolate Loaf Cake Recipe
This Chocolate Loaf Cake is super easy to prepare and uses basic ingredients found in every pantry! Comes out chocolatey and delicious, with a moist center.
Ingredients
1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2/3 cup cocoa powder
3 large eggs
1 1/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
3/4 cup milk
Powdered Sugar for dusting on top
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a medium loaf pan well with butter or Crisco.
- In a mixing bowl, begin creaming the softened butter and sugar together until they are smooth and creamy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, and combine.
- Add the vanilla extract.
- Stir in the salt, baking powder, and cocoa powder.
- Add half of the flour.
- Add the milk.
- Add the other half of the flour.
- Stir well and pour into the loaf pan.
- Bake for 60-65 minutes until a knife or toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool for around 1 hour until you can see the edges come away from the sides of the pan, and then you can remove and place on a serving tray or baking dish.
- Dust the top with powdered sugar for extra flair!
Notes
If you'd like more chocolate, add 1/2 cup chocolate chips or M&M's to the mixture before baking.
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