Gooey loaf cake recipe

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I really fancy a loaf cake that isn't dry sponge. I don't know if it exists though! I'm imagining like some kind of honey and seed cake, but gooey textured (like a brownie). I'm going to need lots of syrup I guess.

Anyone got a recipe for something like that?

This is the one you need.

https://www.nigella.com/recipes/quadruple-chocolate-loaf-cake

Ottolenghi lemon, almond and blueberry loaf

Described by a colleague as being the moistest cake he'd every encountered and on the verge of being too moist. (I took it as a compliment)

thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/blueberry-almond-and-lemon-cake/

Not gooey (because that sounds dense and claggy) but I made a Mary Berry lemon and courgette loaf cake that was simultaneously meltingly fluffy and moist.

It's not courgette flavoured but it just makes the texture of the cake much better. I can't find the recipe I used but this is very similar iirc.

https://cooked.wiki/new?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbritishchefstable.com%2Fmary-berry-lemon-courgette-cake%2F

Something like this? https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/mary-berrys-brownie-loaves-with-white-chocolate-chips/

Oh gosh I was woefully woolly in my OP. I've just read It back and it's hopeless 🙈 So sorry! Thank you to all of you for suggestions, but they're not actually what I'm after.

I'm looking for a honey flavoured loaf cake with a syrupy texture, with seeds/nuts. Like honey and walnut loaf, or similar, but not spongy texture. More like a gooey syrup cake. Is it a thing?

If you've never made home made malt loaf now is the time to start.

I will give it a go, thank you!

I often make a honey and almond cake where you poke holes in the sponge and pour over the honey. It’s in the River Cottage Everyday book. It’s moist but not majorly syrupy.

It uses wholemeal flour so I try and convince myself it’s healthy! But it has a lot of sugar in

You could always make a chocolate cake and muck it up.

I stood there and watched what was supposed to be a perfectly respectable effort collapse in front of my eyes as Ms Small Fry says “oh yum. I love your fudge chocolate cake, Mum”.

I’ve never made this but it gets good reviews and fits your brief- add extra syrup if needed i guess? :
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/baklava-cake

There’s a Mary Berry recipe for a honey loaf cake - I wasn’t a fan as it was very dense but maybe that’s what you’re looking for? (Have a look online for her banana loaf with honey icing, I’m fairly sure that’s the one I’m thinking of)

Thank you very much, I'll have a look at all these.
@TheSandgroper mucking it up is always an option. Trouble is, I can't reliably muck it up...

Just make a seed cake, poke holes in it and pour loads of honey over it while still warm in a drizzle cake-style?

Love a caraway seed cake https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/caraway-seed-cake

@Lovelydovey Thanks for that link! I've added the ingredients to my shopping list to make at the weekend. It looks delicious 😋

It sounds to me like a 'poke cake' might be the kind of thing you're after - i.e. you add syrup or honey after baking by poking holes in the cake and drizzling the syrup over it. (rather than making a moister cake to start with, along the lines of a whole orange and almond cake.). These can be round or loaf shaped.
I sometimes make a fairly standard banana bread (loaf shaped) but poke holes and drizzle maple syrup over it after baking. And then finishing with a maple glaze, i.e. more maple syrup mixed with icing sugar. I'm quite fond of maple syrup.

Yeah I think you're right - I'm going to have to mash a couple of recipes together.
Banana cake texture is exactly what I'm after, but without the bananas!

I also came to recommend malt loaf, Nigel slater's is the best!

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/27/nigel-slater-malt-loaf-recipes

I have also made the Nigella quadruple chocolate loaf cake recommended in the very first reply and it is absolutely fucking amazing.

Here is what you are looking for: https://recipescal.com/onlytherecipe?url=britishchefstable.com/mary-berry-lemon-courgette-cake/. :)

It may not be a loaf cake in the traditional sense, but the result is similar to what you described—a gooey syrup cake. This dish is known in the UK as a treacle suet cake, even though it doesn't contain treacle. This recipe is a steamed Orange Syrup Pudding inspired by Mary Berry serving 6 people. It's topped with a delicious golden syrup sauce.

I hope it helps you or anyone reading this. Let us know if you found what you were looking for - as I'm always looking forward to trying new recipes.