Chocolate Loaf

By KDHarmon

Ingredients

• 1-3/4 C all purpose flour
• 1/2 C cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 Tbl instant expresso powder
• 1 egg
• 1/4 C unsalted butter, melted
• 1 C buttermilk
• 1 C sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 C pecans, toasted and chopped
• 1/2 C golden raisins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.

Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.

Beat together espresso powder, egg, butter, buttermilk, sugar and vanilla in large bowl. Add dry ingredients, beating to combine. Fold in pecans and raisins. Spoon into pan, smoothing top.

Bake 45-50 minutes or until wooden pick coems out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Invert onto rack, turn top-side up.