Pink Frosted Chocolate Loaf
Moist, chocolatey with soft pink frosting… this loaf is ALL the things!
This recipe is in collaboration with power superfoods featuring some of their brilliant range including their coconut sugar, cacao powder, cacao butter and beetroot powder for a naturally coloured pink frosting!
This recipes features homemade chocolate chips, which I highly recommend doing, I did slightly big chunks and when you bite into the loaf you literally get bites that melt in your mouth, so YUM!
Of course you can also substitute for store bought chocolate chips.
Servings: 10 Slices
Ingredients
2 cups Plain Flour (I used GF)
½ cup Coconut Sugar
½ cup Cacao Powder
2 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Bicarb Soda
¼ tsp Salt
2 Free-Range Eggs
1 cup Unsweetened Plant Based Milk (I used coconut)
1/3 cup Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
½ cup Chocolate Chips (see homemade recipe below)
Pink Frosting
1 1/4 cup Coconut Yoghurt
2 tsp Beetroot Powder
2 tbsp Coconut Flour, optional
2 tbsp Coconut Sugar, optional (blitz in a blender to create powdered sugar)
Homemade Chocolate Chips
½ cup Cacao Butter
½ cup Cacao Powder
¼ cup Coconut Sugar
Pinch Salt
Method
1. Make homemade chocolate chips (method below) and set aside in the fridge.
2. Place coconut yoghurt in a sieve or muslin bag above a bowl to allow excess liquid to drain, place in the refrigerator until ready to make frosting (this is an optional step it will just create a slightly firmer frosting).
3. Preheat oven to 180 degrees fan forced.
4. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl (flour, coconut sugar, cacao powder, baking powder, bicarb and salt).
5. Whisk eggs in a separate bowl and then whisk in the milk, oil and vanilla.
6. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry mixture and combine. Stir through chocolate chips.
7. Pour into a greased/lined loaf tin and bake for 30 minutes, or until lightly browned on top.
8. Meanwhile, combine coconut yoghurt and beetroot powder in a bowl. Add coconut flour to thicken and coconut sugar to sweeten (both optional steps). Return to the refrigerator.
9. Once loaf has completely cooled, spread with frosting and serve. Keep stored in the refrigerator as frosting will soften.
Homemade Chocolate Chips Method
1. Melt cacao butter in a small saucepan on a low heat.
2. Add cacao powder, coconut sugar and salt. Allow to gently heat and continue to stir out any lumps.
3. Pour mixture into a lined container. Place in the freezer until firm (approximately 30 minutes).
4. Once set, cut into chip sized chunks (they can big or small). Set aside in the fridge.