Buttermilk Chocolate Bread Recipes

CHOCOLATE BREAD

Steps:

• Grease and line your 9 by 5 inch loaf pan with baking or parchment paper. Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced.
• In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add sugars and gently stir.
• In the microwave, heat the butter in a large heatproof bowl until just melted, stirring in between 20 second bursts. Add your vanilla and eggs to your butter and whisk gently until combined.
• Make a well in the middle of your dry ingredients, add wet ingredients along with buttermilk. Very gently fold the mixture using a spatula or wooden spoon until the mixture is just combined - be careful not to over mix. Add 75 grams (1/2 cup) of chocolate chips to the batter.
• Pour mixture into prepared tin and sprinkle extra 35 grams (1/4 cup) of chocolate chips on top. Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add buttermilk; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips and pecans. , Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees F). Grease only the bottom of a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the buttermilk. Combine the flour, 1/2 cup cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the buttermilk mixture until moistened. Mix in 1/3 cup pecans. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 55 to 65 minutes in the preheated oven, until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Combine the margarine, 1/4 cup cocoa, and milk in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until melted and smooth. Remove from heat, and mix in the vanilla and confectioners' sugar. Stir in the remaining 1/2 cup pecans. Spread on top of the cooled loaf.

BUTTERMILK CHOCOLATE BREAD

Steps:

• Cream margarine and sugar in large mixing bowl.
• Blend in eggs and buttermilk, mixing well after each addition.
• Add flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, mixing until just moistened.
• Stir in pecans.
• Grease bottom of 5 x 9-inch loaf pan.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 65 minutes or until bread tests done.
• Let cool for 15 minutes in pan before removing.
• Combine butter, chocolate sryup and honey in small bowl, mixing well.
• Spread icing over cooled bread before slicing.

BUTTERMILK CHOCOLATE BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350*.
• Grease bottom only of 8x4 or 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar and margarine; blend well.
• Add eggs; blend well.
• Stir in buttermilk.
• Add flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour into greased pan.
• Bake at 350* for 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan.
• Cool completely.
• Wrap tightly and store in refrigerator.
• Yield: 1 loaf (12 slice).

BUTTERMILK CHOCOLATE SWIRL BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F; coat an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray and flour lightly.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• Whisk buttermilk, eggs, egg white, oil and extracts in medium bowl; stir into flour mixture just until blended.
• Melt chocolate in microwave on high about 1 minute, stirring every 15 seconds; stir in 1 1/3 cups batter.
• Working quickly (chocolate batter will become firm and hard to swirl if you let it stand too long), pour some of the white batter over bottom of pan, then dollop with chocolate batter.
• Fill pan by alternating dollops of white and chocolate batter.
• Pull knife through batter to swirl.
• Bake 1 hour or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan; put cake right side up on rack to cool.
• Dust with confectioners' sugar.