Chocolate loaf
Ingredients
Cooking oil spray, to grease
30g cocoa powder
50ml cold water
100ml boiling water
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
50g dark chocolate buttons
180g dark brown sugar
140g unsalted butter
125g condensed milk
2 eggs
2 Tbsp liquid glucose
240g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
Extra cocoa powder, to dust
Method
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Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a 25cm loaf tin with cooking oil and line base and sides with baking paper.
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In a large bowl, combine cocoa and cold water to make a paste. Add boiling water, bicarb of soda and chocolate buttons, then whisk until chocolate has melted and mixture is smooth. Set aside.
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Put sugar, butter and condensed milk in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on high, using whisk attachment, until smooth. Add eggs and liquid glucose, then beat until combined.
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Sift in ½ of the flour with baking powder and fold through. Add chocolate mixture and stir until combined. Add remaining flour and stir until smooth.
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Pour batter into prepared tin and bake for 50 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Allow to cool. Dust with extra cocoa and slice to serve.
