Learn how to make savoury date and chorizo bread, a savoury quick bread that is easy to make and the perfect balance of salty and sweet.
These savoury date and chorizo loaf cakes are so easy to make, like any quick bread or savoury cake. The batter is mixed using the two bowl mixing method, also called the muffin method.
You can bake the recipe in a 9x5" loaf pan or split it into mini loaf pans to make 4 mini loaves. Up to you! In France, "un cake" is a French baking term, usually referring to any rectangular-shaped loaf cake, and "un cake salé" is a "salty" (read savoury) loaf cake. I've been meaning to delve into the realm of the "cake salé" for some time, and this recipe is what I came up with. Dates and chorizo are excellent together as the dates are super sweet and quite soft while the chewy Spanish chorizo is salty and a little spicy. This recipe is really easy to make and would be an excellent addition to breakfast or brunch.
Please note that if you want to bake this recipe in a standard 9x5" loaf pan, you will have to adjust the baking time and increase it to at least 45 to 60 minutes.
If you are a fan of this style of savoury loaf cake, check out these other savoury baking recipes, like these pizza muffins, which are a favourite of mine!
📖 Recipe
Savoury Date and Chorizo Bread
Ingredients
- 150 grams pitted dates chopped
- 208 grams bleached all-purpose flour
- 10 mL baking powder
- 2.5 mL Diamond Crystal fine kosher salt
- 1.25 mL freshly ground black pepper
- 3 large egg(s) room temperature
- 166 mL whole milk (3.25 % fat)
- 125 mL canola oil
- 150 grams spanish chorizo casing removed and chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare the four mini loaf pans by pressing a small sheet of parchment into each so that the inside walls and bottom are all covered. Set aside on a baking sheet for later.
- Combine the chopped dates with a couple spoonfulls of the measured flour. Toss them to coat, and make sure the bits of date aren’t stuck together. Set them aside.
- Whisk the baking powder, salt, and freshly ground pepper into the rest of the flour. Set the dry ingredients aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and the milk until they are combined and a little frothy. Add the dry ingredients and whisk to combine.
- Slowly drizzle the grapeseed oil into the batter while whisking constantly.
- Switch to a wooden spoon and stir in the chopped chorizo and the prepared floured-dates (plus any flour at the bottom of the bowl).
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared loaf pans.
- Bake them until the tops begin to turn golden and the loaves are set. This takes about 50 minutes because they pans are very full (but check them every 10 minutes as of the 30 minute mark to be sure). Let them cool completely before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
This recipe is loosely adapted from the bacon and prune loaves recipe found in the "Coffret Mini-cakes - 1 livre de 50 recettes + 4 mini-moules à cake".
C.Lem {www.creativeclementine.com} says
I had an old roomie leave behind mini loaf pans. Score! I am hosting a belated Easter brunch and excited to try this out. 🙂