2 pounds cake loaf tin or two 1 pound loaf cake tins
Ingredients
1 3/4cupplain flourall purpose plain flour
1/2cupsoftened unsalted butter
1cupbuttermilksee notes for making your own at home
1cupcaster sugar
2eggs
1/2cupcocoa powdersuitable for baking
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1/4teaspoonsalt
1teaspooninstant coffee granulesblended with teaspoon of boiling water
Instructions
Cream together the sugar and butter (with electric handheld whisk or do this with a wooden spoon by hand)
Add eggs and carry on mixing or whisking until incorporated.
Boil water and mix a small amount with instant coffee granules and mix until the coffee is completely dissolved. Leave to cool down a bit before adding it to the mixture.
Add salt and the coffee to the mixture and stir in.
In a separate bowl mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder.
Add half of the flour mixture slowly to the wet ingredients and mix in (by hand or slow speed handheld whisk).
Add the buttermilk and carry on mixing.
Add the rest of the flour and give the mixture a final whisk until just incorporated (don't overmix it at this stage)
Pour the cake mixture into a well-greased (or lined) 2 pounds (1 litre) loaf pan.
Bake at 350F, 180C for 45 minutes after which time, check with a wooden skewer (if it comes out clean, your cake is ready, if not leave it for another 5-10 minutes and test again)
Leave to cool down on a cooling rack (as it is in the tin) and take out when the chocolate bread/cake is cool to touch.