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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  • 04 October 2012

    Joan H commented on this recipe

    I cooked this for longer than reccommended but it sank in the middle. It was delicious though!

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  • 10 October 2012

    karzo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy to make and tastes great! Big hit with the family. One to make again and again.

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  • 13 October 2012

    shell55 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Best chocolate cake ever!

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  • 19 October 2012

    mrsvickyjane rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious!

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  • 22 October 2012

    LetMeFeedYou rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy to make, very light and enjoyed by the family.

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  • 23 October 2012

    Shanny rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Added a little more cocoa powder to make it extra chocolatey..and put a thin coat of chocolate icing over the top. Didn't last very long in our house!

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  • 28 October 2012

    harj rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this in a round 20cm tin which a spilt and filled with chocolate ganache which had left over in the fridge and crumbled flake for extra chocolately-ness. Almonds gave the sponge a nice texture making it a little different from a bog-standard chocolate cake. Real easy to make but mine took 90mins to cook probably because i used a different tin. I did find the cake batter a little thicker than normal so added a bit more milk but apart from that a good bake and would recommend as the sponge was quite moist

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  • 03 November 2012

    Umm6 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Wasn't too impressed with this cake when I first baked it, but after putting it in a airtight container for a few days it was actually really delicious. A very rich tasty cake and will make again.

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  • 05 November 2012

    FaustinP rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Super easy and tasted great.

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  • 05 November 2012

    trade25 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    extremely easy to make - i left out almonds and it was gorgeous

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  • 20 November 2012

    vstoneyum commented on this recipe

    I made this with gluten free flour and baking powder and also added galaxy chunks, the cake came out perfect. Really light with the gluten free flour and cooking time was right. A big hit, yummy

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  • 20 November 2012

    vstoneyum commented on this recipe

    I made this with gluten free flour and baking powder and also added galaxy chunks, the cake came out perfect. Really light with the gluten free flour and cooking time was right. A big hit, yummy

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  • 26 November 2012

    Doodles rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 02 December 2012

    SueMag rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Wanted to make a cake using store cupboard ingredients - this recipe was perfect. Did not have quite enough ground almonds so made up the difference with flour. Dd need 10 minutes extra cooking time. Delicious.

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  • 07 December 2012

    Tails rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is the first cake I've made for years, so simple but so yummy! I found I had to use a slightly bigger tin, and also I covered the top in melted chocolate rather than drizzled it, it turned out really nice.

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  • 02 January 2013

    Dee Soneji-Makani rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic!

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  • 05 January 2013

    Mark rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is very simple to make and very tasty. And excellent to make with young children

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  • 07 January 2013

    littleh rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really easy recipe to follow. Mine cooked in the 45 mins exactly. Will make this one time and time again. Delicious

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  • 20 January 2013

    RachWeber rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This one took longer to cook than the recipe suggested- understandably cooking times will vary from oven to oven, otherwise this was a great recipe. I'm going to use this again, but experiment with about 2/3 the amount of milk.

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    21 January 2013

    sue commented on this recipe

    i made this cake and it turned out lovely ,so nice my son didnt believe i made it ,left it cook for 60 mins ,yummy.

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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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Per serving

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

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