Double chocolate loaf cake

Double chocolate loaf cake

Chocolate and cake are two of our favourite things, so what's not to love about this indulgent cake?

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8-10 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 55 mins

Freezable

Can be frozen un-iced

Method

  1. Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 2lb/900g loaf tin with a long strip of baking parchment. To make the loaf cake batter, beat the butter and sugar with an electric whisk until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, flour, almonds, baking powder, milk and cocoa until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips, then scrape into the tin. Bake for 45-50 mins until golden, risen and a skewer poked in the centre comes out clean.
  2. Cool in the tin, then lift out onto a wire rack over some kitchen paper. Melt the extra chocolate chunks separately in pans over barely simmering water, or in bowls in the microwave, then use a spoon to drizzle each in turn over the cake. Leave to set before slicing.

Per serving

504 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 48g, fat 32 g, saturated fat 16g, fibre 2g, sugar 33g, salt 0.64 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2010.

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  • 02 August 2010

    Natalie rated this recipe

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  • 03 August 2010

    Kath W rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very easy to make, looks great and tasted fab, shall definately be making it again.

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  • 05 August 2010

    HelenONeill rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy peasy - and very tasty - recipe!

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  • 05 August 2010

    emlouxx commented on this recipe

    I just made this with my two monkeys...i loved how simple it was and the girls enjoyed the end results x

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  • 05 August 2010

    kate commented on this recipe

    If you don't like ground almonds what can you replace it with?

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  • 05 August 2010

    Anne-Rachael commented on this recipe

    Hi Kate, I use ground rice when I can't afford ground almonds! I use a little almond extract as well, but you could leave that out! Hope this works for you. - Anne

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  • 05 August 2010

    glorious commented on this recipe

    I would like to make this without the flour could i use rice flour instead and maybe more ground almonds. Anyone any ideas ??????

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  • 06 August 2010

    Elizabeth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic cake, but needed a lot longer than the allocated time to cook.

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  • 06 August 2010

    sazbaz7 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really easy to make and turns out perfect every time. I agree that it takes slightly longer to cook . One of our favourite chocolate cakes.

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  • 07 August 2010

    LindaA rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Bake this yesterday. It was very easy and delicious but mine took 53 mins to be ready.

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  • 09 August 2010

    LadyBugg commented on this recipe

    Great recipe, even greater result. Took a little longer to cook.

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  • 11 August 2010

    tanzanitelilac rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy to make, took a bit longer than 50 minutes but was loved by all.

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  • 19 August 2010

    Cath rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great recipe - nice & moist, and not difficult for a beginner like me!

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  • 19 August 2010

    Agnieszka commented on this recipe

    Very nice and easy cake! Didn't have sel-rising flour and used ordinary one and added a bit more baking powder to replace. Also added plain chocolate cut into chunkes - worked well. Will definitelly recommend this cake

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  • 30 August 2010

    littleegg rated this recipe

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  • 06 September 2010

    littlelouise rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very simple and a good family favourite. Needed longer in the oven than stated but still turned out lovely and moist.

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  • 19 September 2010

    sinead rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was really easy to make, tasted brilliant and it kept really well wrapped in cling film.

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  • 19 September 2010

    JudeR rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Made this today for afternoon tea at a friends. Took almost 1 hour in a gas oven. I used Green & Black cocoa powder and Galaxy chocolate for the chips. Kids loved it!

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  • 14 October 2010

    Heather Morris rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Absolutely gorgeous. Will definitely be making this again. It did take slightly longer to cook though

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  • 14 October 2010

    julie commented on this recipe

    hi,could anyone tell me would it be ok just to omit ground almonds? or would i have to add something else? any suggestions please? thanks in advance

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8-10 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 55 mins

Freezable

Can be frozen un-iced

Ingredients

  • 175g softened butter , plus extra for greasing
  • 175g golden caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 140g self-raising flour
  • 85g ground almonds
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 100ml milk
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 50g plain chocolate chips or chunks
  • few extra chunks white, plain and milk chocolate , for decorating
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504 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 48g, fat 32 g, saturated fat 16g, fibre 2g, sugar 33g, salt 0.64 g

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