Chocolate Cinnamon Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 5 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1 pinch ground ginger
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 1/4 cup decorator sugar or 1/4 cup sparkle sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f grease two 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pans and line bottom of pans with parchment paper.
• 2 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.
• 3 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.
• 4 meanwhile, in medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• 5 in another bowl, whisk together buttermilk, water and vanilla.
• 6 with mixer on low speed, alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture to butter, beginning and ending with flour and beating just until blended.
• 7 divide batter between the two pans, shake pans to even tops and set aside.
• 8 cocoa spice sugar crust: in another small bowl, whisk together sugar, cinnamon, cocoa, ginger and cloves.
• 9 sprinkle surfaces of both batters with decorating sugar.
• 10 sprinkle with cocoa sugar mixture, dividing evenly.
• 11 bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 to 50 minutes.
• 12 let cool completely, run thin knife around sides to release breads and remove from pans.