Halloween Loaf Cake
Print PinServings: 1 small rectangular pan (22x11cm/8x4in). If using a bundt pan, double the recipe.
Ingredients
For the chocolate bundt cake
- 90 g unsalted butter at room temperature + more for buttering the pan
- 25 g vegetable oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 190 g granulated sugar
- 35 g cocoa powder ideally 100% cacao
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla essence
- 120 ml milk any kind
- 175 g all-purpose flour + more for flouring the moulds
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100 g dark chocolate chips or dark chocolate, chopped if not using any, add 20g cacao powder to the batter
For the spider web
- 50 g marshmallows
Instructions
For the chocolate bundt cake
- Beat the butter, sugar, salt, oil and cocoa powder until it becomes lighter in colour and looks very creamy. Ideally, you want to use an electric mixer for this but it could also be with a whisk. If you're using a stand mixer, make sure to stop every once in a while to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula.
- Add the eggs and beat once again until fully incorporated and creamy once again. I remind you that if you're using a stand mixer you need to pause to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula to incorporate everything nicely.
- Add the milk and vanilla and beat to mix. You will notice that the mix curdles, but that's completely normal and comes back with the flour.
- Add the flour and baking powder and beat to mix them in. Don't mix more than necessary though or your cake could turn out to be tough.
- Add the chocolate chips using a spatula.
- Butter up your pan with room-temperature butter. Make sure that you're spreading a thin layer that goes into all the corners of the pan.
- Sprinkle flour in the pan and tap it as you rotate it to spread it evenly. Finish by turning it upside-down with a good tap so that it releases the excess flour.
- Pour the batter into the pan and bake it in a preheated oven at 180°C / 350°F for 1 hour-1 hour 15min.
- It will be ready when you can insert a skewer or pointy knife and it comes out without any raw dough. Remember that you could see a bit of melted chocolate from the chocolate chips and that's completely normal.
- I like to remove my cake from the pan as soon as it comes out of the oven :). Let it cool down completely before making the spider webs.
For the spider webs
- Place the loaf over a couple of bowls or dishes to separate it from the surface. This will allow you to cover it evenly with the spider webs.
- Melt the marshmallows in the microwave for 30-40 seconds.
- Grab a bit with the tips of your fingers and hold the fingers of both hands together. When you separate them, the marshmallow will form a web. Use it to cover the cake, it will stick to it.
- Finish by adding sugar eyes, which need to adhere to the marshmallow.
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