Chocolate banana bread. This banana bread features cocoa, chocolate chips, sour cream and a bit of vanilla extract. Dear banana bread lovers, putting chocolate chips in your banana bread is like having your bananas and chocolate go on a date. Lovely and sweet, yet still separate and distinct.
Add eggs, bananas, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the banana mixture and mix just until combined. The bananas make the bread super moist and you can still taste the bananas. You can have Chocolate banana bread using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chocolate banana bread
- You need 2-5 of ripe bananas, peeled and mashed.
- It’s 80 g of melted butter.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
- It’s Pinch of salt.
- It’s 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.
- You need 1 of egg, beaten.
- It’s 1 tsp of vanilla.
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups of flour.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of dark cocoa powder.
- Prepare of Optional: chopped walnut, cranberries, dark chocolate chips.
This recipe also calls for melted unsalted butter AND oil. The butter gives the bread a nice flavor and the oil keeps the. Chocolate Banana Bread is the perfect combination of chocolate and banana. The balance between the two flavors in my recipe is outstanding!
Chocolate banana bread instructions
- Preheat oven to 160C-180C. It really depends on your oven! Just use your normal baking temperature..
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together mashed banana, melted butter and sugar. Use more banana if it’s small and use more sugar if you like it sweeter..
- Stir in baking soda, salt, beaten egg and vanilla extract..
- Add sifted flour, dark cocoa powder (see pic: the colour is darker than normal ones).
- Pour mixture into a lined loaf pan. My pan is about 22cm/8.5in. Bake for about 50-60 mins. Once done, remove from the pan and let it cool on wire rack..
It took me a few tries to get it quite right, because I either ended up with bread that tasted just like chocolate cake (not that that's bad) OR a barely there chocolate flavor with too much banana. Chocolate Banana Bread "Each time I make this I am told, 'This is the BEST banana bread EVER', 'This is the moistest banana bread I have ever tasted', 'This bread is amazing!'" – (Mr.) Dana A. Whisk until there are no more lumps in the cocoa powder and the mixture is well combined. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Stir bananas, milk, and cinnamon in another bowl.
