Chocolate Swirl Bread
on Dec 23, 2013, Updated Oct 29, 2023
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Today’s guest post comes from Shelly over at Frugal Family Home. Head over to her blog to read her 31 Days of Homemade Sweet Treats Series, 4 Weeks of Frugal Recipes Series, and sign up to get her Free eBook – Sweet Treats. Thanks, Shelly, for sharing your wonderful recipe on Simplify, Live, Love.
I love bread and chocolate. So, this recipe is like heaven for me. It’s a quick bread recipe. That means you can go from mixing it to eating this delicious bread in about 40 minutes, if you are making mini loaves. These little loaves also look great so they make a great hostess gift or Christmas food gift.
It’s an easy recipe. The hardest part is mixing the cocoa powder into the batter you hold out. I tried to whip it up really quickly and the cocoa powder didn’t cooperate. It ended up all over the place: the counter, the floor, and my socks. 🙁 So be sure to mix in the cocoa powder a little more slowly so you don’t end up with a mess like I did.
This recipe can be made dairy free by just using a milk substitute for the regular milk if you have allergies. Here’s the recipe,
Chocolate Swirl Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups Flour (I used unbleached all purpose flour but soft wheat would also work well)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 3 tablespoons Baking Powder
- 2 Eggs
- 1 cup Milk, Soy Milk, Almond Milk or Coconut Milk
- 1/3 cup Oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
Instructions
- Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl except the cocoa powder and whisk to blend well.
- Add the wet ingredients to another bowl and mix well.
- Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Scoop out about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of batter into a small bowl and add in the cocoa powder. Mix until well combined.
- Add the vanilla batter to the butter or oiled loaf pans. I used the mini loaf pan size and this recipe made 4 loaves. If using regular loaf pans it should make two loaves.
- Drop a couple of tablespoons of cocoa batter on top of the vanilla batter for the mini loaf pans. If using the regular loaf pans just divide the cocoa batter evenly between the two pans.
- Now with a knife make a few passes horizontally and vertically to swirl in the cocoa batter to the vanilla batter. I did about three passes each way but I think a few more would have worked out better.
- Bake in a 375 degree preheated oven for 25 minutes for the mini loaves and 45 for the regular size loaves or until golden and baked through.
- Let the loaves cool about 5 minutes in the pans then remove from the pans and let them cool on a wire rack.
Shelly is a mom of two kids and wife to her husband of 23 years. She writes over at Frugal Family Home where she shares about homemaking on a budget.
Great guest post Michelle! Absolutely beautiful loaf of bread Shelly! I’ve never had a chocolate bread, but that has got to change. It looks scrumptious! Happy Holidays to you and your families!
I keep saying I am going to cut down on my sweet intake but I had never heard of bread with chocolate, might have to try this one
Don’t think my comment went through but I said I had never heard of bread with chocolate and although I said I was cutting down on anything sweet maybe after this one
Hmmm, I like chocolate in cake mix, but not sure about bread.
WOW thank you for the recipe.
I have made a print of it. It looks like a recipe that would be gone in five seconds in my family.
Happy New year.
sounds yummy
Oh wow, that looks delicious!! Pinned it to try later. 😉
I will have to try this! It looks delicious!! Thank you for sharing this recipe:)
Wow, this looks amazing! I am going to have to make this!
Looks delicious!
Oh my goodness this bread looks delicious!!! I will be making it soon!
Oh this looks so yummy. I hope you don’t mind but I think I will try making this gluten and sugar free using a mix of gluten free fours and some xylitol. Thanks for sharing.
Great recipe and post this looks awesome,I printed out the recipe and am going to bake some tomorrow! Thank you for sharing!!
im constantly russeling up something sweet for the family here at home,
looks great!I bet it won’t last too long in my home.
Mmmmm! That looks delicious!! Bookmarked it to try later!
This looks delicious and amazingly simple! I will try it out soon. I’ve never been one to bake but I think this is a good place to start.
I love anything with chocolate! Will try this, thanks for sharing!
looks yumm def gonna try this
Um..yum!
This looks so yummy. Thanks for sharing this with us!
Thanks for the recipe. This looks absolutely delicious!
That looks great, if only I could cook.