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Receta Chocolate Chestnut Loaf Cake, TV Appearance and My Orange Kitchen
Ingredientes
- Chocolate Chestnut Loaf Cake Recipe
- 160g butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped
- 3 eggs
- 100g chestnut jam/ chestnut paste
- 180g flour (I used 120g flour and 60g chestnut flour)
- 60g cocoa powder, sifted
- 1tsp baking powder
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