I was in two minds about putting this recipe in, mostly because, despite the clear warning, it wasn’t anywhere near as good as I wanted it to be. That is to say, I knew that it was undoubtedly a bread, despite its chocolate cake looking exterior. And even though I knew this, it still wasn’t as good as I wanted a chocolate loaf to be. It just wasn’t sweet at all, with more than a hint of bitterness from the cocoa. So I would suggest either having this with some jam or nutella or adding more sugar into the dough. Or going all out and making this a chocolate studded bread, much like those thick toast loafs that you can get a bakeries with tiny choc chips.

Otherwise, be prepared for some possible disappointed expressions, especially if you are serving this to kids for breakfast (or chocoholics). Because once a chocolate loaf cake appears on a breakfast table, some may think that they are still in bed dreaming, only to find that it tastes nothing like it looks. I’ll give a recipe for a chocolate studded sweeter loaf.

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