This chocolate soda bread is, frankly, incredible. It's soft and tender, chocolatey and sweet and utterly, utterly delicious. Best of all, there's no kneading or proving required.
It's super easy to make this bread in a single bowl. In fact, prep takes about 10 minutes!
First, you'll sift flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, sugar, cocoa and salt into a mixing bowl, chuck in some chocolate chips and then stir in yogurt, lemon juice and vanilla.
You'll then gather the dough into a rough ball, pop onto a floured baking sheet, cut a cross on the top and whack it in the oven.
40 minutes later, your kitchen will be filled with the most stunning chocolatey aroma and you'll be showing off your perfectly baked chocolate soda bread.
Here's the full recipe for my fantastic chocolate soda bread.
Ingredients
- 500 g (3⅓ cups) plain white flour (all purpose flour) plus more to flour your hands
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 50 g (¼ cup) white caster sugar (superfine sugar)
- 50 g (⅓ cup +2 tbsp) cocoa powder (dutch processed)
- 1 tsp salt
- 100 g (½ cup) milk chocolate chips
- 450 g (1¾ cups) thick set yogurt
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) whole milk
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200C (180C fan).
Sift the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, sugar, cocoa and salt in a mixing bowl.
Whisk together so that everything is evenly distributed.
Add the chocolate chips and whisk again.
Mix and make a well in the centre.
Pour the yogurt, milk, vanilla and lemon juice into the well.
Mix until the ingredients are just incorporated and it starts to clump.
Flour your hands and briefly knead your dough in the bowl and it forms into a ball.
Gently transfer your dough to a nonstick baking sheet.
Score a cross in the top with a sharp knife to help the dough rise.
Bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack, then slice and enjoy.
It's incredible with a little Nutella.
Enjoy!
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Chocolate Soda Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 500 g (3⅓ cups) plain white flour (all purpose flour) plus more to flour your hands
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 50 g (¼ cup) white caster sugar (superfine sugar)
- 50 g (⅓ cup +2 tbsp) cocoa powder (dutch processed)
- 1 tsp salt
- 100 g (½ cup) milk chocolate chips
- 450 g (1¾ cups) thick set yogurt
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) whole milk
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C (180C fan / 390F).
- Sift the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, sugar, cocoa and salt in a mixing bowl. Whisk together so that everything is evenly distributed.
- Add the chocolate chips and whisk again.
- Mix and make a well in the centre. Pour the yogurt, vanilla and lemon juice into the well and mix until the ingredients are just incorporated and it starts to clump.
- Flour your hands and briefly knead your dough in the bowl and it forms into a ball.
- Gently transfer your dough to a nonstick baking sheet.
- Score a cross in the top with a sharp knife to help the dough rise.
- Bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack, then slice and enjoy.
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