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Chocolate Bread and Butter
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup castor sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans, divided
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
For the chocolate butter:
- 1/2 cup chopped chocolate
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste
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Preheat the oven to 180C
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Grease a small loaf tin.
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In a bowl mix together the flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.
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In an electric mixer beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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Add the eggs one at a time.
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Mix the flour mixture through the batter and add the buttermilk. Fold through half the pecans and pour the mixture into the loaf tin.
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Bake the loaf for 20 minutes and top with the chocolate chips and other half of the pecan nuts. Bake for another 35 minutes. Remove from the tin and cool.
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For the butter: Melt the chocolate carefully and allow to cool slightly. Beat in the butter and the vanilla.
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Serve the bread and butter together.