Happy Valentines Day to everyone, may your Valentine spoil you rotten. ❤️🎁💕😍😘 If you need a quick and easy last minute Valentines to treat then check out my last post, Red Velvet Cake Batter Valentines Cookies and you won’t go wrong. But if you are after something which is less Valentine-y and will take your afternoon tea to the next level. Then this Easy One Bowl Chocolate Chip Almond Loaf is what you are looking for.
This easy peasy to make chocolate chip almond loaf cake is a synch to make. One bowl and a wooden spoon are all you need. An electric hand mixer will make it a little easier unless you fancy a bit of a biceps work out. By hand or with a mixer this is such a simple and satisfying bake.
One Bowl
Like a lot of cakes, this one starts with the classic creaming method. We beat the butter and sugar together until they are light and fluffy. Then we add in the eggs (beating between each addition) and then almond extract and mix it all together. It’s important that we mix everything well at this point. We are adding a lot of air into the batter and this is important because it will give us a light and airy cake. Then we add in the dry ingredients of flour, ground almonds, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Then gently we fold it all together.
Careful not to over mix at this stage! Otherwise, you could knock all the air out of the batter you added to it earlier and give yourself a dense hard cake. So with a gentle hand, we fold it all together. If you are using an electric stand or hand mixer then mix on low until the dry ingredients are just incorporated. Drop in the chocolate chips and gently mix them in.
All this hard work will give you a sweet almond-flavoured sponge with tantalising little bits of chocolate in every bite. And if you want a little more of a chocolate boost, then drizzle the top of the cake with this super simple chocolate glaze. The recipe is below and it’s so easy to put together. With or without the glaze this cake is a real winner. 😍
Easy One Bowl Chocolate Chip Almond Loaf
Ingredients
For the cake
- 175 grams unsalted butter (3/4 cup + 1 1/2 tablespoons)
- 175 grams sugar (3/4 cup + 3 tablespoons)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 200 grams plain/all purpose flour (1 and 5/8 cup)
- 50 grams ground almonds (1/2 cup)
- 2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 150 grams dark chocolate chips (3/4 cup)
For the glaze
- 130 grams icing/powdered sugar (1 and 1/2 cups)
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons double/heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 170C/325F/Gas mark 3 and either line or lightly grease a 2 pound loaf tin.
- Either by hand or in the bowl of an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs in one at a time beating in between each addition.
- Stir in the almond extract.
- Pour in the flour, ground almonds, baking powder and salt and with a gentle hand or on a very low speed mix in the flour.
- Fold in the chocolate chips very gently.
- Pour the batter into the tin, and level it out and pop it into your hot oven and bake.
- Check your cake at 50 minutes for doneness. It should have a rich golden hue to it and a pick should come out clean once inserted. I have a slow oven and my cake too closer to the 1 hour mark. But keep checking and keep a close eye on your cake.
- Once baked take it out of the oven and allow it to rest in its tin for 10 minutes then take it out of the tin and allow it to fully cool down on a wire rack.
- Once cool make the glaze if you wish, by mixing all the ingredients together until you have a smooth pourable mixture.
- This cake will keep well in a cool airtight environment for a week and unglazed it should freeze well.
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13/08/2017
Looks yummy! Keep good work up, feel inspired!
13/08/2017
Thank you 🙂
26/02/2017
Hope you had a great Valentine’s Day! This cake looks incredible, Emma! Love that you only need one bowl!
07/03/2017
Thanks Kelly, one bowl = less washing up! 😉
17/02/2017
I hope you had a great Valentine’s Day Emma. Absolutely loving this droolicious looking soft and nutty chocolatey loaf. Love the fact this is made in one bowl. And OMG, that chocolate glaze is making me drool. Wish you a wonderful weekend. 🙂
20/02/2017
Thank you Anu 😀
15/02/2017
OMG, thats so awesome… I’m loving it! already shared on my public wall.
20/02/2017
Thank you Shawn 😀
14/02/2017
Tender, soft, nutty and chocolatey…what an amazing loaf cake!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you too, Emma.
20/02/2017
Thank you Angie 😀