Malty Chocolate Cake

I bought Peyton & Byrne's book quite a few months back but have yet to make anything from it. Choclette of Chocolate Log Blog posted about this and I absolutely had to make it. I love chocolate and malt and it definitely reminds me of my childhood days. I made maltesers cupcakes previously which were amazing but this recipe is even better!! I love the addition of milk chocolate chunks - it's a really rich, moist, decadent cake.

I have to apologise for the photos as my loaf fell apart as I was slicing it so these are the only 2 intact slices. Everyone at work loved the cake and it was eaten up very quickly despite it's slightly unappetising look.

 add melted chocolate 

 ready to go in the oven 

Recipe from Peyton & Byrne (page 122)

70g light brown sugar

110g dark brown sugar

140g self raising flour

1 tablespoon malt powder such as Horlicks

pinch of salt

125g unsalted butter, softened and cut into 1 cm pieces

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

50g good quality dark chocolate (I used Green & Black's organic dark cooking chocolate)

110ml whole milk

65g milk chocolate, broken into pieces (I used Green & Black's)

• Preheat the oven to 170C.
• Butter a 900g loaf tin and line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Combine the brown sugars, flour, malt powder and salt in a bowl.
• Drop in the softened pieces of butter and beat until pale and creamy.
• Add the egg and vanilla and beat again until the batter is aerated and fluffy. 
• Place the dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water.
• Stir occasionally until the chocolate is just melted and then take off the heat. 
• Beat the melted chocolate into the cake mixture, then add the milk and beat to combine.
• Finally, stir in the milk chocolate pieces and scrape the batter into your prepared loaf tin. 
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven and let the cake cool in the tin for 10-15 minutes, before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.