Chocolate Nut Loaf

Name: Chocolate Nut Loaf
Ingredients: 1 c. butter or regular margarine; 2 c. sugar; 1 tsp. vanilla; 2½ c. sifted cake flour; 5 eggs, well beaten; 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted; ¼ tsp. salt; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1 c. chopped walnuts; 1 c. buttermilk; Confectioners sugar (for top)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Rich with chocolate, tender and moist—you’ll enjoy every crumb

Ingredients

1 c. butter or regular margarine
2 c. sugar
5

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Cream butter well, add sugar gradually. Beat until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and melted chocolate. Blend well. Add vanilla.
Sift together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to first mixture. Fold in nuts.
Pour batter in 2 greased 8 X 4½ X 2½" loaf pans. Bake in slow oven (325°) 1 hour. Cool on racks.
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