Dense and Dark Chocolate Loaf Recipe
Ingredients
| 200 g/8 oz butter, plus extra for greasing | ||
| Dark chocolate | 100 Gram, broken | |
| 150 g pot natural yogurt | ||
| Vanilla extract | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Eggs | 3 Large | |
| 250 g/9 oz self-raising flour | ||
| 175 g/6 oz dark muscovado sugar | ||
| Soda bicarbonate | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| 100 ml/3 1/2 fl oz double cream | ||
| Butter | 1 Tablespoon (FOR THE TOPPING) | |
| 100 g/4 oz dark chocolate, chopped | ||
Directions
GETTING READY
1) Set your oven to preheat at 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Prepare a shelf at the middle of the oven.
2) In a large loaf tin (about 20cm long, measured from the top edge), place a large sized baking paper inside the loaf tin keeping extra paper on the sides.
MAKING
3) In a large saucepan, put butter and chocolate. Heat up over low flame to melt the ingredients by continuous stirring.
4) Allow this to cool for 5 minutes and whisk in yogurt and vanilla to this. Next whisk eggs and a pinch of salt to the mixture.
5) In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar and bicarbonate of soda. Stir this into the chocolate mixture to smooth consistency.
6) Pour this into the tin and place inside the oven.
7) Bake this for 45 minutes until it rises and has a shiny surface.
8) Allow to cool inside the tin for another 15 minutes. Turn out on a wire rack and allow cooling completely.
9) In a small saucepan, add cream and bring this to a boil. Stir in butter and half part of the chopped chocolate.
10) Remove from heat and allow melting down.
11) Ice the cake with the cream.
SERVING
12) Sprinkle remaining chopped chocolate on top and serve.
1) Set your oven to preheat at 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Prepare a shelf at the middle of the oven.
2) In a large loaf tin (about 20cm long, measured from the top edge), place a large sized baking paper inside the loaf tin keeping extra paper on the sides.
MAKING
3) In a large saucepan, put butter and chocolate. Heat up over low flame to melt the ingredients by continuous stirring.
4) Allow this to cool for 5 minutes and whisk in yogurt and vanilla to this. Next whisk eggs and a pinch of salt to the mixture.
5) In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar and bicarbonate of soda. Stir this into the chocolate mixture to smooth consistency.
6) Pour this into the tin and place inside the oven.
7) Bake this for 45 minutes until it rises and has a shiny surface.
8) Allow to cool inside the tin for another 15 minutes. Turn out on a wire rack and allow cooling completely.
9) In a small saucepan, add cream and bring this to a boil. Stir in butter and half part of the chopped chocolate.
10) Remove from heat and allow melting down.
11) Ice the cake with the cream.
SERVING
12) Sprinkle remaining chopped chocolate on top and serve.
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