I found the recipe for Starbucks’ chocolate cinnamon bread by total accident. I hadn’t even seen this particular bread for sale at my local Starbucks. It sounded way too nice to pass up on, so I bookmarked it for later – I used the recipe from Baking Bites, who made a few changes to the original Starbucks recipe. The only thing I did differently from Baking Bites’ recipe was adding a pinch of ginger to the sugar blend topping.
I love all the ingredients in this bread – especially the combination of chocolate and cinnamon. The sugar blend on the top is fabulous as well – it’s a mix of sugar, cinnamon, cocoa powder, cloves and ginger.
In my opinion, there was too much of the sugar blend for just the top of the bread – if I was doing this again, I would have made the sugar blend first and coated the inside of the loaf pan with it, using leftovers for the top of the bread.
I used a silicone loaf pan for this bread, but I would highly recommended a normal metal or glass loaf pan. The silicone isn’t strong enough to support the loaf as it’s rising – it ended up with big bulging sides!
And most of the sugar blend fell off when I took it out of the loaf pan. I sprinkled as much as I could back onto the bread.
Now, I don’t understand why this is called a “bread” – it most certainly does not have the texture of a normal bread, barely even banana bread. The chocolate cinnamon bread is super moist, and has a crunchy top.
The chocolate taste is super strong, with a hint of spice. A slice of this loaf goes a long way, so while Starbucks may serve you a slice that is nearly 2-inches thick, I’m recommending to slice it a bit thinner (unless you’re really hungry!). It tastes amazing with a cup of freshly brewed coffee.
I think this bread, which I personally think is more like cake, would look very nice baked in mini loaf pans, or even muffin pans. The top of the bread remains flat, so don’t expect to get a nice dome out of this.
Sorry for all the photos, but I thought the bread looked very photogenic! :)
Wow, this looks delish. I love all the photos. I am bookmarking. Thanks,
It is quite a photogenic bread! The cake looks like a great, moist texture.
It is indeed quite a photogenic bread ! I think it looks delicious, and am now drooling!
Ooh! That looks so moist and delicious!
Wow. That looks wonderful.
Looks amazing, I love their choco cinnamon bread so that’d be great to make my own. I love your pictures too! My mouth is watering just looking at them!! :)
Yum!! This looks so deliciously moist! I love all your photos! Thanks for sharing :)