The cake is cooked. I’ll post photos later, probably tomorrow. But it’s so far, so good. The cake didn’t rise as much as I’d expected, and the furrow looks more like a disjointed earthquake, but it’s got that definitely home-made, old-fashioned cake look. My loaf pan is probably a wee bit bigger than suggested in the recipe (see Not Quite Nigella), but the next size down pan I own is way too small.
The recipe is dead easy to follow and prepare, even without a food processor. The chocolate syrup is awfully easy to cook. I’m not sure if I’ll bother decorating the cake with shards of broken chocolate, I may opt to dust with vanilla dusting sugar (thus making it only a Triple Chocolate Loaf Cake).
Lorraine E said,
January 10, 2008 at 5:08 am
Great! I’m so glad that it worked out
I got that earthquake-like crack too. Can’t wait to see pics and the icing sugar idea sounds pretty.