Chocolate Loaf Cake With Easy Chocolate Glaze
A rich chocolate loaf cake, perfectly sized for a family dessert, features both the cake and its easy glaze made with cocoa.
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Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C/Gas Mark 4) and grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
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Beat sugar and butter together until well blended.
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Add salt, vanilla extract, baking soda, baking powder, and cocoa powder; mix until blended.
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Incorporate eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
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Alternately add flour in thirds and milk in halves, mixing on low speed after each addition until just combined, being careful not to overbeat.
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Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly.
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Bake for 60 to 65 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean; cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely on a rack.
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For the glaze, sift confectioners' sugar into a bowl.
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Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat.
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Whisk in cocoa powder and milk, cooking and stirring until the mixture thickens.
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Remove from heat, then whisk in the sifted confectioners' sugar, adjusting consistency with more milk or sugar as desired.
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Glaze the cooled cake.