Dark Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe
Go and look in your fruit bowl. Is it full of ripe and overripe fruit? Yes? Any bananas in there? Good. Then grab a few and make this moist, flavourful dark chocolate chip banana bread.
Ingredients
- 115 g baking margarine (melted)
- 4 small ripe bananas ((save one for on top))
- 170 g golden granulated sugar (cane sugar)
- 2 medium free range eggs
- 200 g wholemeal self-raising flour (self rising flour)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 100 g dark chocolate chips (bittersweet)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan).
- 2
Put three of the bananas into a large bowl and mash with a fork.
- 3
Add the margarine and sugar and beat until creamy.
- 4
Add the eggs and beat again.
- 5
Fold in the flour and baking powder.
- 6
Add the chocolate chips, stirring gently until the chips are evenly distributed.
- 7
Line a loaf tin with baking paper. Pour in the mixture and gently level off.
- 8
Slice the remaining banana in half lengthways and place on top of the batter.
- 9
Bake for 1 hour until golden brown on top and fully cooked through. You can check this by pushing a skewer into the centre of the loaf. If it comes out clean, the cake is ready.
- 10
When completely cooled, slice your chocolate chip banana loaf like bread and enjoy!
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