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Decadent Chocolate Yogurt Loaf

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Chocolate Yogurt LoafLet me start at the end by saying, “Soooooo good.”

What am I talking about? My baking, of course. Back to the beginning.

So you’ve got some plain yogurt left in the fridge, and rather than facing another morning of yogurt and fruit/granola/etc., you decide you want to do something a little different. You are also a chocoholic, but like a wide range of chocolate experiences, from the heavy and intense, to the light and subtle. I’ve got the treat for you.

Yogurt-Cocoa MixPicture a fluffy, moist, cakey-bread with an intense chocolate aroma, and a light chocolatey taste. As one of my grandmothers used to say years ago, “It melts in your mouth.” Of course, she would say this about anything – even turkey or mashed potatoes – but I think it truly applies here. Let’s go.

As per usual, I did some research and then mutated. I had some cocoa, but no actual chocolate, and I wanted the yogurt present and a reduction in the amount of sugar called for. I am not sure why recipes call for so much sugar – it truly isn’t necessary.

Chocolate Yogurt Loaf Batter Ready for BakingThe recipe I finally decide to mess with called for a bit of fussiness. I am usually staunchly opposed to finicky preparations, opting for ‘brute force’ cooking and baking, but in this case, I did decide to follow the ‘rules’ with regard to mixing.

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1/3 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg and 1 egg white
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup plain yogurt
A Slice of Chocolate Yogurt Loaf

  1. Mix flour, powder, soda, and salt.
  2. In a separate bowl, blend butter and sugar til fluffy, but grainy. And eggs and blend again.
  3. In another bowl, whisk cocoa, vanilla, water, and yogurt until smooth
  4. To the butter-sugar-egg mixture, do the following. Mix in 1/3 of the flour mixture, then 1/2 of the cocoa, then 1/3 of the flour, then the rest of the cocoa, then the rest of the flour.
  5. Bake in a loaf pan at 350 F for about an hour.

 



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