This is the BEST and only Chocolate Loaf Cake recipe you need. A really simple one bowl loaf cake made with just a handful of basic baking ingredients.
Preheat your oven to 180°C/160°C(fan)/350°F/Gas 4.
Add 225 g Butter and 225 g Dark brown sugar to a large mixing bowl. Cream together until smooth.
Add 4 Eggs and mix them in.
Hold a sieve over the bowl and add 200 g Self-raising flour and 20 g Cocoa powder. Sieve in the dry ingredients.
Fold the flour and cocoa powder into the wet mixture. Add 50 g Chocolate chips and fold these in too.
Transfer the batter to a lined 2lb loaf tin. Cook for 50-60 minutes, until the cake has risen and a skewer of sharp knife comes out clean.
Once cooked, leave to cool for at least an hour.
To make the frosting
In a bowl add 125 g Butter, 220 g Icing sugar and 30 g Cocoa powder. Mix well to form a smooth icing.
Add a small amount of 1 tablespoon Skimmed milk at a time to loosen the icing if it is too firm.
Once the cake is cooled, pipe the icing on top. Finish off with chocolate sprinkles.
Notes
Make sure your butter and eggs are at room temperature before using.
For some extra warmth, add some vanilla extract. Not essence though, as it gives it artificial flavour.
Make sure to grease and line your loaf tin before adding the chocolate batter.
If your cake starts to look like it is burning on top, cover it in foil and continue cooking until a skewer comes out clean.
To ensure that your cake is cooked all the way through and doesn't burn either, use an oven thermometer to make sure it gets to the correct temperature for the recipe.
Don't over mix the batter once you add the flour. This can cause the cake to not rise.
You could make this into a sandwich cake by slicing it in half and putting some buttercream in between the slices and then more on top.
Make sure cake loaf cake is completely cooled before adding the topping, otherwise it will just melt.