Chocolate and nut loaf cake
1 hour
Halfway between chocolate cake and brownies, this chocolate and nut loaf cake will certainly satisfy any sweet tooth as a chocolate treat or dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Anaïs
10 people made this
Ingredients
Makes: 1 loaf cake
- 100g caster sugar
- 100g butter, melted
- 3 eggs
- 150g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 200g plain chocolate
- 100g chopped mixed nuts
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:45min ›
Ready in:1hr
- Preheat oven to 220 C / Gas 7; grease a 450g (1lb) loaf tin.
- In a bowl mix sugar and melted butter until the mixture becomes light and fluffy. Add the eggs and stir well. Add flour and baking powder and mix well.
- Melt chocolate in double boiler or microwave; stir into cake mixture until combined. Fold in chopped nuts.
- Pour the cake mixture into prepared loaf tin and bake for 45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the loaf cake comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes in the tin; remove and slice to serve warm or finish cooling on a wire rack and store in an airtight container.
