Choco Butternut Loaf
Making these incredible loaf cake comes in three stages. First is the chocolate cake and then you do the ganache and lastly the butternut coating.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time50 minutes mins
Chilling Time1 hour hr
Total Time1 hour hr
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: butternut, chocolate, chocolate cake, loaf
Servings: 2 Loaves
Calories:
Author: Mia
For Chocolate Cake/Loaf
- 2 cups sugar
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup dutch cocoa powder not the drinking cocoa powder
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup hot water
- ½ tsp coffee
For Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 cup whipping cream
For Butternut Toppings
- 2 cups desiccated coconut/ ground fine almond powder finer is better
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- ¼ cup powder sugar
- 2 drops orange food coloring
- ½ tsp nutmeg powder
Making the chocolate cake/loaf
Preheat oven to 190˚C.Prepare and grease loaf pan.
Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and baking soda in a mixing bowl. Add eggs, milk, and oil the whisk together.
In a small bowl mix hot water and coffee and pour in to the batter. Whisk until well incorporated but do not over-mix. NOTE: batter should be runny.
Pour in the prepared loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes. When done baking, remove from oven and let it cool down before removing from the loaf pan.
Making the chocolate ganache
Boil water in a medium size pot, In a stainless bowl (bigger than the pot), pour whipping cream and place the bowl on the pot with boiling water.
When the whipping cream starts to simmer, remove from heat and pour in the dark chocolate chips. Let sit for 5 minutes or until dark chocolate is completely melted. When chocolate is melted mix to incorporate. Set aside