Chocolate Loaf Cake with Maltesers

5 from 10 votes

A delicious chocolate loaf cake stuffed and topped with Maltesers

Course Baking

Cuisine British

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 5

Servings

Calories 347kcal

Preheat your oven to 170℃ (fan) / 340℉. Line a 900 g/1 lb loaf tin with baking paper.
Cream the butter and caster sugar together until light and fluffy (I use a hand mixer).
175 g unsalted butter, 175 g caster sugar (superfine sugar)
Add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each one.
3 medium eggs
Add the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, vanilla extract and milk. Mix until well combined and smooth.
200 g self-raising flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 100 ml semi-skimmed milk, 4 tbsp cocoa powder
Add the Maltesers and then spoon the mixture into the lined loaf tin.
100 g Maltesers
Bake for 1 hour ten mins approx until firm in the centre when tested with a cake tester or skewer.
Leave to cool completely on a rack.
Melt the chocolate and then spread/pour it over the cake.
100 g chocolate
Top with the freeze-dried strawberry pieces and more Maltesers.
50 g Maltesers, freeze-dried strawberry pieces
Serve and enjoy!

Variations

Instead of melting chocolate to top this loaf cake you could cover it with chocolate buttercream.
Swap Maltesers for your favourite chocolate treat - chopped Mars Bars, Bounty bars, Mint Aero bubbles, Terry's Chocolate Orange segments, whatever you fancy!

Tips

This cake will keep its moisture for about 4 days if wrapped in baking parchment, or in a sealed container at room temperature.