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Nigella Lawson’s Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake

February 16, 2022 By Elizabeth 19 Comments

Nigella Lawson’s recipe for dense chocolate loaf cake, is moist, rich, and chocolatey. It is perfect for a snack or to serve for dessert.

Nigella Lawson Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake with berries

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Good morning friends, did you have a nice Valentine’s Day? I hope it was all that you wanted and more. Ours was pretty low key, just the way I like it. Because of the landscaping and other obligations I did not get around to making the German chocolate cake that I wanted but I did make one of my all time favorite chocolate loaf cakes. I am pretty sure that chocolate on Valentine’s Day is a “must” for all celebrations.

Nigella Lawson Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake

This dense chocolate loaf cake recipe is from Nigella Lawson and it moist, rich, fudgy and delicious. The only problem is that every time I walk by the kitchen I cut a piece off and eat it, I could eat this whole loaf by myself. The cake is perfect for dessert, but you can enjoy it as a snack or with a cup of coffee or tea.

Nigella Lawson Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake

If you want add some fresh berries and a dollop of whipping cream or  some homemade no churn ice cream, and a drizzle of hot fudge. As they say, “in for a penny in for a pound.” Personally, I like it plain and I like to eat it as a treat for breakfast.

Nigella Lawson Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake

Nigella Lawson Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake

Ingredients

1 cup soft unsalted butter

1 2/3 cups dark brown sugar

2 large eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup freshly brewed coffee(substitute boiling water)

2 tablespoons bourbon(substitute boiling water)

Nigella Lawson Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, grease and line a 9 x 5” loaf pan with parchment paper, then place the loaf pan on a baking/cookie sheet pan, this is to catch any drips or over flow.

In a small bowl combine the flour and the baking soda, mix well.

Cream the butter and sugar, with an electric hand-held mixer, or with your stand mixer, then add the eggs and vanilla, and beat well. Next, fold in the melted and slightly cooled chocolate, do not overbeat, you want the ingredients combined but you do not want a light airy mass. Add the bourbon, mix well. Then gently add the flour mixture, alternately with the coffee a little of each at a time until you have a smooth and fairly liquid batter.

Pour the batter into the lined loaf pan, leave at least 1 INCH of space from the rim to the batter or this loaf will flow over the pan, pour any excess batter into a small loaf pan(test the little loaf at 20 minutes), and bake for 30 minutes at 375.

THEN, Turn the oven down to 325 degrees and continue to cook for another 15 minutes. The cake will still be a fudgy inside, so an inserted cake tester or skewer won’t come out completely clean. Place the pan on a rack and leaf the loaf in the pan until completely cold, I like to leave it overnight. The loaf will sink in the middle because this is a very dense loaf cake. Remove from pan, slice and enjoy.

chocolate loaf cake on a white plate with blue dachshund

Kate Spade plates

NOTE: you cannot taste the coffee, it simple enhances the flavor of the chocolate. If you do not want to use the coffee use 1 cup of boing water.

If you do not was to add the bourbon, add 2 tablespoons of boiling water.

Plate Information: The plates are from Kate Spade, I have had them for several years but you can find them on Poshmark, Amazon and Ebay.

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I hope you enjoyed Nigella Lawson’s chocolate loaf cake, if you have made it before let me know how you like it and how you serve it. If you have never made it and this post prompts you to try it, let me know what you think.

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  1. Becky says

    February 16, 2022 at 9:58 am

    Where did you get the dachshund plates?

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      February 16, 2022 at 10:45 am

      Hello Becky, they are Kate Spade, they are several years old but you can find them on Ebay, poshmark, etc.

      Reply
  2. LA CONTESSA says

    February 16, 2022 at 11:29 am

    LOOKS DELICIOUS I HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS BUT THE BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      February 16, 2022 at 11:41 am

      If you have 60% use that.

      Reply
  3. Paula@SweetPea says

    February 16, 2022 at 11:45 am

    This cake looks absolutely delicious.

    Reply
  4. William Kendall says

    February 16, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    That cake looks good.

    Reply
  5. Cindy says

    February 16, 2022 at 7:49 pm

    This sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing!

    Love your Dachshund plates

    Reply
  6. Lynne Zemaitis says

    February 16, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    Yum! This looks delicious! Pinned! Please consider sharing this at the Tuesday Turn About link party!

    Reply
  7. Leslie Watkins says

    February 16, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    Can’t wait to give this one a try….breakfast, you say? Yes, please!

    Reply
  8. Rosemary Palmer says

    February 17, 2022 at 3:30 am

    Sounds so good and I love coffee or bourbon with chocolate.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      February 17, 2022 at 4:16 am

      Thank you Rosemary. What in the world are you doing up at 3:30? Hope you get a nap today. Take care.

      Reply
  9. Melba / Cocoon Raw says

    February 17, 2022 at 10:23 am

    Oh yes! It is calling my name! Yum!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      February 17, 2022 at 11:03 am

      You will love it!

      Reply
  10. Marieza says

    February 18, 2022 at 12:20 am

    I love Nigella’s recipes. I would also be afraid of eating the whole loaf myself. I’m totally capable of doing that, lol!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      February 18, 2022 at 11:38 am

      This is a delicious cake/load/bread.

      Reply
  11. Lynne Zemaitis says

    February 22, 2022 at 7:36 pm

    We are so happy to feature your divine chocolate loaf cake at Tuesday Turn About this week! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      February 22, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      Thank you Lynne! I appreciate it.

      Reply
  12. Cindy says

    February 22, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    Seriously, all I would need with this would be a cup of coffee! Thanks for sharing and congratulations on being featured on Tuesday Turn About!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      February 23, 2022 at 3:25 pm

      Thank you Cindy, Love your new link party collaboration!

      Reply

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