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Let 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.
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Picture 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.
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The 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
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- Mix flour, powder, soda, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, blend butter and sugar til fluffy, but grainy. And eggs and blend again.
- In another bowl, whisk cocoa, vanilla, water, and yogurt until smooth
- 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.
- Bake in a loaf pan at 350 F for about an hour.
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