A chocolate loaf cake is rich, soft, and super easy to make—perfect with tea or as a simple dessert 🍫🍰
🍫 Chocolate Loaf Cake
🧾 Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup oil (vegetable or canola)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup hot water or coffee (enhances chocolate flavor!)
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F)
- Grease and line a loaf pan
- In a bowl, mix flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, and salt
- Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla → mix until smooth
- Stir in hot water/coffee (batter will be thin—this is normal!)
- Pour into pan
- Bake for 45–55 minutes (toothpick should come out clean)
- Let cool before slicing
🍫 Optional Chocolate Glaze
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 2–3 tbsp cream or milk
👉 Melt together and pour over the cake for a glossy finish
💡 Tips
- Don’t overbake or it’ll dry out
- Coffee doesn’t make it taste like coffee—it just deepens the chocolate flavor
- Add chocolate chips for extra richness
If you want, I can:
👉 give you a super moist bakery-style version
👉 or a microwave chocolate loaf (ready in minutes!) 😄
