Being married to a chocaholic, I’ve realized that everything does taste better with chocolate. So instead of making banana bread with loads of chocolate chips, I looked up this recipe on smitten kitchen. I’ve been making the “regular” banana bread from this site, minus the bourbon, which has become a family staple over the years. I have to say though, that this chocolate version just takes it to another level. I would best describe it as a moist chocolate cake with a hint of banana flavor. We took one loaf to my sister’s and kept one for us- neither lasted very long. recipe courtesy smitten kitchen
Ingredients:
3 medium-to-large very ripe bananas
1/2 cup (115 grams) butter, melted
3/4 cup (145 grams) brown sugar (I use dark here; either light or dark work)
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon table salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional; I skip it)
1 cup (125 grams) all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 cup (about 6 ounces or 170 grams) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chunks or chips
Method:
Heat your oven to 350°F. Butter a 9×5-inch loaf pan, or spray it with a nonstick baking spray.
Mash bananas in the bottom of a large bowl. (You’ll have a little over 1 cup mashed banana total.) Whisk in melted butter, then brown sugar, egg, and vanilla. Place baking soda, salt, cinnamon (if using), flour and cocoa powder in a sifter or fine-mesh strainer and sift over wet ingredients. (My cocoa is almost always lumpy, so this is essential for me.) Stir dry and wet ingredients with a spoon until just combined. Stir in chocolate chunks or chips.
Pour into prepared pan and bake 55 to 65 minutes, until a tester or toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out batter-free. (A melted chocolate chip smear is expected, however.) Cool in pan for 10 to 15 minutes, then run a knife around the edge and invert it out onto a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Reblogged this on Santa's Reindeer and commented:
Looks yummy, thought I’d re-blog it 🙂
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great thanks!
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I can’t find the recipe .
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my apologies! please check the post now- it should be there. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by! xoxo
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