One of the best things about the Modern Baker Challenge (at least for now, while we're in the quick breads section), is that if I feel like baking something but don't have a lot of time, I know there's a perfect recipe just waiting for me. And most of them use ingredients that are sitting right in my cupboard, so I can get right to work!
This morning I felt like whipping up a quick bread while the kids were eating breakfast. I let the little guy choose, and he picked chocolate spice bread.
This was an easy recipe: whisk flour, sifted cocoa, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and fresh nutmeg. Whisk eggs and sugars in another bowl; add sour cream and melted butter. Stir it all together. Pour it in a pan. The kiddos even got to help with the whisking from where they sat at the breakfast counter. The only thing that surprised me was how thick the batter was; more like a thick fudgy cake rather than a quick bread.
I baked it for a few minutes longer than required until I got a dry(ish) toothpick (I didn't want it to be too dry). We (barely) waited a few minutes until we sliced into it; I sliced off a chunk to leave with hubby and the kiddos and grabbed the rest to take to the Lunch Bunch as I headed out the door.
I'd been on the road for five minutes when hubby called me. "Why didn't you leave us a bigger piece of the bread?!? It's already all goooooooonnnnne!!!" Needless to say, it was a hit at work, too. Moist with a slightly spicy, lightly chocolately, complex flavor: much loved all around!
The official blogger for Chocolate Spice Bread was Phyl over at Of Cabbages and King Cakes. (He's actually already finished a bunch of the Modern Baker recipes; check it out!)
No wonder it disappeared so quickly...it looks absolutely perfect!
ReplyDeleteI made this yesterday and was a little disappointed. It was not as chocolaty and moist as I had expected. So my go-to recipe for a quick chocolate bread remains my devil's food bread/cake. Yours looks good, though!
ReplyDeleteThis looks and sounds soooo good-- I love spices with chocolate. Isn't it funny how, after making so much yeast and sourdough bread, that almost any other baking seems like a snap. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is yet another recipe I'm going to bake again before we move on to the yeast breads. I'm making the triple chocolate scones this weekend. Can't wait to try them.
ReplyDeleteNice write up. Glad the hubby and kids liked them.