Chocolate Loaf Cake with Strawberry Frosting | Sip Bite Go
This delicious chocolate loaf cake recipe is topped with a very easy-to-make strawberry frosting. If you’re looking for a reason to use a loaf pan, and craving chocolate baked goods, this dessert is perfect! | sipbitego.com
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Wipe a little butter on the bottom of a loaf pan, which will help parchment paper stick and stay in place when you pour in the batter. Add parchment paper on top.
Brush about 1 tbsp of melted butter all over the parchment paper and sides of the loaf pan.
Mix together the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl with a whisk. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar. Pour in cooled melted butter, milk, and vanilla extract. Whisk until combined.
Pour wet ingredients over the flour mixture slowly, whisking to loosely combine. Wipe down sides of the bowl with a spatula and stir in hot water and whisk for 30 seconds.
Bake in oven at 350 degrees F for about 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a few places comes out clean. Rest in the pan until room temperature (if you can wait it’s best to let the cake set for an hour!).
Remove from pan with the help of parchment paper. Use a butter knife to gently release any edges of the chocolate loaf from the pan. Let it continue cooling on a drying rack, if needed. Eat as-is or make the strawberry frosting.
Strawberry cake frosting
Make the strawberry frosting by adding freeze dried strawberries to a plastic bag and using a rolling pin to smash the pieces of freeze dried strawberries into a powder. You can also use a food processor.
In a large bowl using a hand mixer, or using a kitchenaid mixer, blend together the unsalted butter, 1 cup powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and salt. Once combined, scrape down the sides and slowly add in the rest of the powdered sugar, and the strawberry powder, stopping to scrape down the sides a few times along the way.
Slowly add in the milk, a tablespoon at a time, until frosting is done to your liking. You may or may not use all the milk.