Decadent Chocolate Loaf Cake
Ingredients
- 1½ cup cake flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 xl egg
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- 100 ml buttermilk
- ½ tsp vanilla essence
- ¾ cup chocolate chips (keep a ¼ cup one side for sprinkling on top)
- ¼ cup raw pecan nuts (chopped)
Instructions
- Grease and line a 20cm loaf pan and preheat the oven to 180°C.
- In a mixing bowl, sift the dry ingredients.
- In a separate bowl whisk the egg, together with the oil and vanilla essence.
- Add the oil and egg mixture to the dry ingredients then add the buttermilk. Mix through.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix through.
- Pour the batter in the lined loaf pan. Smooth it out and top with remaining chocolate chips and chopped pecan nuts.
- Bake for 30 minutes until skewer comes out clean.