Chocolate Bread Recipe
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
35 mins
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Total Time
45 mins
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Servings
16 chocolate
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Calories
225 kcal
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
North American
Chocolate Bread Recipe
Description
The recipe blends dry ingredients including cocoa powder, all-purpose flour, brown and granulated sugars, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and optional espresso powder to intensify the chocolate notes. Melted butter is combined with buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla for the wet ingredients, which are mixed into the dry components until just combined to avoid toughness.
Chocolate chips are folded into the batter, with some reserved for sprinkling on top before baking. The loaf pan is prepared with parchment and dusted with cocoa powder to prevent sticking while reinforcing the chocolate flavor on the crust.
Baked at 350°F for about 35-40 minutes, the bread achieves a moist interior with a tender crumb and a slightly crisp top studded with chocolate chips. The finished loaf is best cooled briefly before slicing and can be enjoyed plain or with butter.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons espresso powder optional
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter melted
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 large egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 cup chocolate chips divided
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line the bottom of a 9x5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. Grease the loaf pan and then dust it with cocoa powder.
- Sift the cocoa powder into a large bowl. Add the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, espresso powder if using, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and whisk well.
- Melt the butter in a medium-sized bowl in your microwave - you can also do this in a pot on the stove. Add the buttermilk (the butter will become lumpy) and heat it for another 30 seconds in the microwave - just until the butter is melted again. Make sure it is not too hot and then whisk in the eggs and vanilla.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Fold in ¾ cup of the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan, smooth out the top, and sprinkle the remaining ¼ cup of chocolate chips on top.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let it cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then transfer it to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 16chocolate
Amount Per Serving
Calories 225 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 thin slice | |
| Calories | 225kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 32g | 11% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 39mg | 13% |
| Sodium | 102mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 143mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 18g | 36% |
| Vitamin A | 223IU | 4% |
| Calcium | 35mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
5
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