Comments on: Chocolate Loaf Cake

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 07 May 2021 19:29:04 +0000

In reply to andy shaw. brilliant! Thank you for letting me know. It sounds genius

By: andy shaw

andy shaw — Tue, 04 May 2021 13:30:00 +0000

I made this and added cherries. Fantastic thanks

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:48:37 +0000

In reply to andy shaw. oh my mistake, I use either. It is any flavourless oil. Thanks very much. I hope you like it as much as we do.

By: andy shaw

andy shaw — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:22:28 +0000

Your recipe says vegetable oil in the list and then refers to sunflower oil? Also a tablespoon of Vanilla extract seems a lot?
Are these correct?

Thanks

By: applytofaceblog

applytofaceblog — Fri, 01 May 2020 08:00:02 +0000

In reply to Gill Westwater. Oh that's so brilliant! Thank you so much for letting me know. It is one of my most popular cakes on the blog. The chunks do need to be chunky I agree.I love the sound of your icing too. I do keep meaning to make a cadburys choc icing. The kids would LOVE it! Hope you manage to fatten your hubby up and his tooth doesn't give him to much pain! Stay safe x

By: Gill Westwater

Gill Westwater — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:01:49 +0000

Hello! Was searching for a chocolate loaf and found this... great recipe - forgot to put the butter in so just melted it and added to the batter... then forgot to add the chocolate chunks so took it out of the oven and lobbed them in... (aren't hormones fabulous!) ... and it was still delicious. I don't even like chocolate cake - I made it for my husband who has broken his tooth and is rather miserable. He's not eating much and I wanted to ensure that he doesn't come out of lockdown thinner than when he went in because that would be super irritating. Sadly I am eating just as much of it as he is. Damn. I have no willpower so may not make it again. But if I do I will make sure my chocolate chunks are chunkier. They were so fabulous. Also made the icing with Dairy Milk as I had run out of dark chocolate. Not very sophisticated but superb.

By: applytofaceblog

applytofaceblog — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:57:26 +0000

In reply to Sarah. Thank you Sarah so much for your comment. I LOVE to hear how people found my recipes. I too found that chocolate chips can melt into the batter so adjusted my recipe to encourage chopping up a chunky chocolate bar instead. I love the sound of your ganache. The baking time can vary depending on real oven temp and tin used. Glad you found it as good as I do. That makes me very happy!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 31 May 2019 20:15:53 +0000

I've made it and it's delicious. Didn't have any buttermilk so used 50/50 natural yoghurt and milk. Also used 50/50 milk and dark chocolate chips - they seem to have melted away but the cake is so flipping good I couldn't care less. Haven't tried it with buttercream on top yet! Made a ganache with 100g Bourneville dark chocolate and 100ml double cream. Probably need to double these if you want gooey chocolate down the sides of the loaf as well. Cake does improve the next day if you can hold yourself back. Will definitely make again. It did take about 1hr15mins to bake though. Need to try your ginger cake next.

By: Kat (The Baking Explorer)

Kat (The Baking Explorer) — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:38:56 +0000

It looks divine - chocolate heaven for sure!

By: applytofaceblog

applytofaceblog — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:55:16 +0000

In reply to jenny paulin. Thank you. Honestly Jenny it is completely fabulous and so blinkin easy once I got my head round it!