Chocolate Cinnamon Bread
From world-famous chef marcus samuelsson for starbucks. Delicious blend of flavors.
Steps
Preheat oven to 350f grease two 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pans and line bottom of pans with parchment paper.
Chocolate batter: in bowl of electric mixer , cream together butter and sugar with paddle attachment on medium speed , until light and creamy about 5 minutes.
Beat in eggs , one at a time , beating until each egg is completely incorporated before adding the next and scraping down sides of bowl several times.
Meanwhile , in medium bowl , sift together flour , cocoa , cinnamon , salt , baking powder and baking soda.
In another bowl , whisk together buttermilk , water and vanilla.
With mixer on low speed , alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture to butter , beginning and ending with flour and beating just until blended.
Divide batter between the two pans , shake pans to even tops and set aside.
Cocoa spice sugar crust: in another small bowl , whisk together sugar , cinnamon , cocoa , ginger and cloves.
Sprinkle surfaces of both batters with decorating sugar.
Sprin.
Ingredients
unsalted butter, granulated sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour, dutch-processed cocoa powder, ground cinnamon, salt, baking powder, baking soda, buttermilk, water, vanilla extract, ground ginger, ground cloves, decorator sugar