Nigella’s again. Her recipe says” Dense chocolate loaf cake”, but mine’s not dense at all, in fact it is fairly light and delightful, easy to make and I’m surprised how much I like it- as I’m not known to love chocolate cakes. This one was picked this morning, at breakfast. I couldn’t sleep last night, I never can when the wind blows as if someone hung themselves and the wheelie bins get overturned. It’s still lockdown, it’s cold and grey outside and I’m finding it difficult to find positive things when I wake up in the morning. So today I thought – baking!!!!

Half a portion, small loaf, in order to reduce waste as well as not to fatten us up too much. 112 g of soft unsalted butter, creamed with 165g of brown sugar. 1 whole egg. Some vanilla paste. 50 g of good, dark chocolate, melted and slightly cooled. 100 g of plain flour plus half a tsp of bicarb of soda. 125 ml of boiling water. These ingredients made quite a runny batter, which baked in the lined tin initially for 25 minutes in 190 degrees, then for another 15 minutes in 170. left in the tin to cool completely before turned out.

Lovely recipe. I doubt it will last beyond tomorrow though. 🙂