Easy Chocolate Bread

Ingredients

• 175 grams (1 and 1/4 cup) Plain flour
• 40 grams (1/2 cup) Cocoa powder
• 1 tsp Baking soda
• 1.5 tsp Baking powder
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 90 grams (1/2 cup) Brown sugar (I used light brown sugar)
• 50 grams (1/4 cup) Caster sugar or granulated sugar (I used castor sugar)
• 115 grams (1/2 cup) Unsalted butter
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 2 Large eggs
• 180 ml (3/4 cup) buttermilk* (refer notes)
• 110 grams (3/4 cup) chocolate chips (refer notes)

Instructions

1. 1

   Grease and line your 9 x 5 inch baking tin with baking or parchment paper. Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced, 10 mins before baking.

2. 2

   In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add sugars and gently stir.

3. 3

   In the microwave, heat the butter in a large heatproof bowl until just melted, stirring in between 20 second bursts(refer notes). Add your vanilla and eggs to your butter and whisk gently until combined.

4. 4

   Make a well in the middle of your dry ingredients, add wet ingredients along with buttermilk. Very gently fold the mixture using a spatula or wooden spoon until the mixture is just combined – be careful not to over mix. Add 75 grams (1/2 cup) of chocolate chips to the batter.

5. 5

   Pour mixture into prepared tin and sprinkle extra 35 grams (1/4 cup) of chocolate chips on top. Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.