Tate's Bake Shop Chocolate Banana Bread

By carvalhohm

This tea loaf is very moist, dense, and full of chocolate and banana flavor. I love banana chocolate chip cakes and muffins, so why not a bread with chocolate and banana in every bite?! Serve as is, or dress it up for dessert with coconut ice cream spooned on top of a thick slice, with a drizzle of chocolate sauce and sliced caramelized bananas. If you want to keep it simple, use fresh sliced bananas or no fruit at all.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup Dutch processed cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
• 1 cup Muscovado sugar (or dark brown sugar), packed
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 3/4 cups very ripe mashed bananas (nearly black). You can add more, but do not exceed 2 cups as the texture becomes too moist
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips (optional)

Details

Servings 10
Adapted from webmailb.netzero.net

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the sides and bottom of a 9 x 9 x 5 inch pan and set aside
In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. Set aside.

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes total. Scrape down bowl and mix to combine.

Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl between each one.

Add bananas and vanilla. Mix until combined.

Add sour cream and mix again.

Add flour mixture and mix until combined. Scrape down bowl and mix again.

Stir in chocolate chips, if using.

Spoon the batter into prepared pan and smooth top evenly.

Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. This tea loaf does not rise up with a nice dome and crack down the middle. It stays pretty flat on top.

Remove from oven and cool cake in the pan, on a wire rack, for 15-20 minutes.

Turn out onto wire rack and cool completely.

This cake is delicious warm; also keeps well in the refrigerator and, I admit tastes great cold too!

Serves 10.