Chocolate chip loaf cake

Last night while they all peacefully slept, I made a chocolate chip loaf cake.

The ingredients are as follows...

225g butter
225g caster sugar
4 medium eggs
225g self raising flower
As many chocolate chunks as you like!
An optional half teaspoon of vanilla essence.

 

For the chocolate, I'd recommend a plain chocolate with at least 70% coco. You need quite a bitter chocolate as this is quite a sweet cake and it will help to balance the flavours.

 

Cream together the butter and sugar, add the beaten eggs, add the flower and then add the chocolate.

 

I use a standard loaf tin with a loaf tin liner. If you don't have a liner, line the tray with baking liner.

 

Spoon the mixture into your loaf tin, bake for 40-50 minutes on 160 (fan assisted) 180 non fan.

 

Check with a knife to ensure the cake is baked through.

 

Then enjoy!

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I thought I'd have a go at one for tomorrow. We are having a ladies coffee morning and I promised to bring the cake. 

 

I followed a Tanya Ramsay recipe from the BBC good food guide website. It was very clear and simple to follow.

 

I found out half way through that the fan on my so called fan assisted oven had stopped working so I've had to 'trim' the edges off.

 

I can't wait to try it tomorrow. Is it over it under baked? We will see how the three judges mark it in the morning :-)