And there are days when I don’t feel like stepping in the kitchen at all, there are days when I feel like chewing on a store-bought dessert and don’t even look at my baking pans or ingredients… but then I snap out of this mood and remind myself the baking, and cooking for that matter, is fun, is my passion, the one thing I have motivation and calling for. I mean, yes, baking can be that scary, complex and difficult to master thing, but luckily not every aspect of it comes with too many ingredients or far too complicated directions. And this fudgy chocolate loaf cake is precisely that – easy recipe that tastes amazing, definitely better and healthier than any store-bought dessert you can think of and so simple that even a child could master it. It’s the kind of recipe that you mix in one bowl and bake quickly then enjoy simple or with ice cream or with fruits or in a trifle or a pudding – it’s versatile so let your imagination go wild when it comes to toppings or garnishes!



{Fudgy Chocolate Loaf Cake} Print Author: Olguta - Pastry Workshop Ingredients: 225g sugar

110g all-purpose flour

45g Dutch processed cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

1 egg

125g sour cream

110ml hot water/coffee

65ml vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions: Pre-heat your oven to 350F and line a loaf pan with parchment paper. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add the wet ingredients and give it a quick mix just until combined - don't overmix the batter. Pour the batter in the prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until well risen and it springs back if pressed gently on its surface. Remove from the oven and let it cool in the pan - as it cools it will slightly deflate. Notes These quantities are enough for a small loaf cake - 20x10cm - for bigger pans make 1½, up to 2 portions of batter and increase the baking time accordingly. Wordpress Recipe Plugin by EasyRecipe 3.3.2998

Am zile cand nici nu vreau sa ma apropii de bucatarie, zile cand viata trece ca tavalucul si nu mai apuc sa fac mare lucru, insa ies repede din starea aia si imi amintesc ca sa fiu in bucatarie e ceea ce imi place, cofetaria e nu doar o meserie, ci si o mare pasiune. Si imi fac curaj si ma indrept spre bucatarie, unde, cel mai adesea in astfel de situatii, fac ceva rapid – stiti voi, genul de reteta care se face iin doi timpi si trei miscari si are un gust super fara prea mult efort. Pana la urma, cate napolitane din comert poate manca omul?! Si checul asta e exact genul ala de reteta – e atat de simplu incat nici vase de spalat nu veti avea prea multe!

Ingrediente:

225g zahar

110g faina alba

45g cacao neagra

1 lingurita bicarbonat

1/2 lingurita praf de copt

1/4 lingurita sare

1 ou

125g smantana acra

110ml apa fierbinte/cafea

65ml ulei vegetal

1 lingurita extract de vanilie

Mod de preparare: