Double Chocolate Loaf with Chocolate Glaze

A fudgy, rich chocolate loaf loaded with chocolate chips and topped with a smooth chocolate glaze. Truly a chocolate lovers dream.

Hi friends hope you all are doing well out there, around here things are busy; starting some renovations on our home. It’s 13 years old so it’s time to change it up a bit.

Speaking of change, I’m always looking for ways to improve on recipes or even change them to something completely and still being able to go back to them again and again and know it’s a winner. This is one of those recipes; I love cake and I love chocolate (this is know secret), but to make a cake just to satisfy my craving is kind of a lot, so why not make a loaf instead. That’s what I did here. I took my banana bread recipe and changed/omitted some ingredients and came up with this chocolatey treat.

Why I love this Double Chocolate Loaf?

Let me tell you this is a rich and fudgy and chocolatey treat for all my chocolate lovers out there. It’s loaded with chocolate chips oh and it’s topped with a chocolate glaze I mean come on it’s chocolate heaven on a plate.

What you need to make it?

• Cocoa Powder- Well yes it is a chocolate loaf so you definitely need this. I use just regular cocoa powder here but you can you Dutch-processed as well if that’s what you have on hand.
• Flour- All-purpose flour is used here but you can use cake flour as well just make sure to measure correctly (scoop and level method), you don’t want to compact it in you will end up with a dense cake.
• Sugar- I use both brown and granulated sugar in this recipe.
• Oil- I use vegetable oil but any neutral oil will do here. This adds moisture to the loaf.
• Eggs- Just two in this recipe for structure.
• Vanilla- Always goes well with chocolate, weird I know but it works.
• Baking Powder and Soda- These are your leavening agents to give it rise.
• Salt- To offset sweet.
• Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips- Well you can’t go wrong with more chocolate. Half a cup is folded into the batter.
• Glaze- This of course is optional but again only a few ingredients; powdered sugar, chocolate chips, some butter and hot water.

How to make it

This recipe comes together quiet easily and quickly. Gather up all your dry ingredients in a large bowl and whisk them together, set aside while you work on the batter. Mix the oil and bother sugars for a few minutes then add in the eggs and vanilla and mix for another few minutes. Remember you can never over mix your wet ingredients. Finally with mixer on low speed or by hand add in your dry ingredients until just combined; DON’T over mix at this point. Then just fold in the chocolate chips and that it.

It bakes in a 9×5 loaf pan at 350F for 45-50 mins. until toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs. Don’t worry about it looking under-baked in continues to bake while it cools due to carry over heat.

Storage

I usually keep this wrapped in plastic or aluminum foil on the counter for 2 days or in the fridge for up to 5 days.

You can also freeze the entire loaf or slice up individual pieces, wrap them and freeze that way. I would avoid putting the glaze on if you’re going to freeze it. You can always add glaze after or leave as is.

This is quiet simply a decadent, rich chocolate treat for when those chocolate cravings hit; for me it’s like everyday! It comes together in know time and really the only hard part is waiting for it to bake and cool a bit before slicing into and digging in. It’s hard I know, but it will be worth it in the end.

Happy Baking

XOXO Mari!

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Double Chocolate Loaf with Chocolate Glaze

A fudgy, rich chocolate loaf with loads of chocolate chips and topped with a chocolate glaze, making this a chocolate lovers dream.

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate glaze, fudgy, loaf, rich

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Author Marilia Yaldo

Ingredients

• 1 cup of vegetable oil any neutral oil will do
• ¾ cup of granulated sugar
• ¼ cup of brown sugar
• 2 large eggs room temp
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 1 tsp of salt
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• ½ tsp of baking soda
• 2 cups of all purpose flour
• ½ cup of cocoa powder
• ½ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips

For Chocolate Glaze (optional)

• ½ cup of semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
• 2 tbsp of unsalted butter
• 1 cup of powdered sugar
• 2-3 tbsp of hot water

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a 9×5 loaf pan with parchment paper, set aside.
• In a large bowl whisk your flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder and set aside.
• Mix together oil and both sugars for about 5 mins. on med-high speed.
• Add in your eggs and vanilla and mix for another 2-3 mins.
• Now with mixer on low speed add in your bowl of dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

  Fold in your chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for 45-50 mins. until tooth inserted toothpick comes out with few crumbs.
• Remove from oven and leave in pan to cool for 10 mins before transferring to cool rack.

For Chocolate Glaze

• Take your butter and chocolate chips and microwave at 15 seconds increments until melted and smooth.
• Sift in your powdered sugar and mix, it will be thick.

  Add you hot water mix until you get the consistency you're looking for; thinner add more water, thick add more powdered sugar.
• Pour glaze over warm loaf and spread with spatula.

Notes

Make sure you don’t compact flour, just scoop in and level off. You don’t want a dense loaf

Glaze is optional you can sprinkle just powdered sugar if you like or leave it plain. 

This loaf keeps well covered on counter for 2 days or covered in fridge for 5 days.  You can also freeze entire loaf without glaze.   Or freeze individual slices wrapped in plastic wrap and placed in zip lock bag.  Again minus the glaze you can add glaze once it’s defrosted if you like.