Chocolate Banana Loaf Food

CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, cream together margarine, sugar and eggs. Stir in bananas and vanilla. Sift in flour, baking soda and cocoa; mix well. Blend in sour cream and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean.

CHOCOLATE & BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment (allow it to come 2cm above top of tin). Mix the sugar, flour, bicarb, cocoa and chocolate in a large bowl.
• Mash the bananas in a bowl and stir in the whole egg plus 2 yolks, followed by the oil and milk. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Quickly stir the wet banana mixture into the dry ingredients, stir in a quarter of the egg whites to loosen the mixture, then gently fold in the rest. Gently scrape into the tin and bake for 1 hr 10-15 mins, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Cool in the tin on a wire rack. To make the icing, melt the chocolate and soured cream together in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Chill in the fridge until spreadable. Remove cake from tin, roughly swirl icing over and scatter with the banana chips.

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan, preferably glass.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Stir bananas, milk, and cinnamon in another bowl. Beat butter and sugar in a third bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs to butter mixture, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir banana mixture into butter mixture. Stir in dry mixture until blended. Fold in chocolate chips until just combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.

CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, bananas, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the banana mixture and mix just until combined. Fold in nuts if desired. Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan., Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Prepare the pan and preheat oven: Butter or spray with cooking spray the inside of a 5 x 9-inch loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) with a rack in the middle.
• Puree the bananas: Using a blender, food processor, or a fork, puree the peeled ripe bananas until smooth. You should have 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups of banana puree.

MARY BERRY'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven 160C/140C Fan/Gas 3. Grease and line a 450g/1lb loaf tin with non-stick baking parchment.
• Use a fork to mash the peeled banana in a mixing bowl. Add the remaining cake ingredients (except the chocolate chips) and beat with an electric hand whisk until combined and smooth.
• Stir in the chocolate chips and spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf tin. Level the top.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or until well risen, shrinking away from the sides of the tin and golden-brown.
• Set aside to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.
• For the decoration, break the chocolate into small pieces and add to a heatproof bowl.
• Melt the chocolate in the bowl over a pan of simmering water (ensuring that the bowl does not touch the water). Stir regularly, until almost completely melted, then remove from the heat. The heat of the bowl will melt any remaining lumps.
• Spoon the melted chocolate into a piping bag and pipe zig-zags across the top of the loaf. Set aside for the chocolate to set. Slice and serve.

EGG-FREE CHOCOLATE BANANA LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Coat 9x5 inch loaf pan (or 12-cup muffin tin) with cooking spray.
• Whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk, mashed banana, oil and vanilla.
• Fold buttermilk mixture into flour mixture.
• Scoop batter into prepared pan(s). Bake loaf 50-60 minutes (or muffins 18-22 mins).
• Cool 5 minutes in pan, before serving.

CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA LOAF

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 325°F/160°C
• Grease a 2lb loaf pan.
• Mix the coconut oil, mashed bananas, honey or maple syrup, milk, eggs &, vanilla in a bowl.
• In separate bowl mix together the all purpose flour, baking soda and salt.
• Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
• Fold in the chocolate chips but keep a handful aside for the top.
• Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan.
• Add 2 halves of banana carefully to top of the cake with the sliced side showing.
• Scatter over the remaining chocolate chips.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until a cake tester or skewer comes out clean.
• Watch the top! If it starts getting too brown, loosely tent the pan with greased aluminium foil to protect the cake.
• Let the cake cool in the pan for around 5 minutes then carefully loosen with a palate knife and turn out onto rack to cool.
• Slice and serve!

CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE CHUNK BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and set a rack in the middle. Butter and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan, shaking off any excess flour.
• In a stand mixer, set with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until completely creamy and smooth, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the egg and give it a minute to mix in. Add the bananas, cream cheese and vanilla, continue mixing for a minute.
• Reduce the speed to low, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and continue beating for another 3 to 4 minutes, scraping down the sides if need be.
• In a small bowl, combine the boiling water with the cocoa powder and stir until well mixed. Add to the mixer and beat for another couple minutes. Lastly, add the chocolate chunks and beat for another minute until fully incorporated.
• Scrape into the prepared loaf pan, shake a few times to level the batter. Place into the oven and bake anywhere from 55 minutes to an hour, until a toothpick comes out moist but not wet, the top of bread has browned and is springy to the touch.
• Remove from the oven and let cool. Run a butter knife along sides of the pan, turn out onto plate, and then flip onto serving platter, so it is right side up.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BANANA LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 175 C (350F) Bake
• Prepare a 22 x 12cm loaf tin with baking spray and baking paper lined up each side
• In a medium bowl add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and using a large wooden spoon stir to combine.
• In a large bowl mash the bananas with a fork until no lumps remain.
• Add to this the melted butter and stir well to combine.
• Into the banana mixture add the brown sugar, egg and vanilla and whisk well until completely combined
• Pour this wet mixture into the dry ingredients and carefully fold together with the wooden spoon.
• Add 3/4 of the chocolate chips into the batter and gently fold through until everything is completed blended together
• Spoon this into the prepared loaf tin and smooth until even
• Sprinkle over the remainder of the chocolate chips evenly on top of the batter
• Bake in the oven for 50-60 minutes until a skewer comes out with moist crumbs attached but not wet batter.
• Remove from the oven and rest the loaf for 20 minutes in the tin before transferring to a wire rack to completely cool before slicing.
• Store in an airtight container for 3-4 days or this will freeze well also.
• Enjoy!

BANANA AND CHOCOLATE CHIP LOAF / CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven 160C. Grease and line a 450g/1lb loaf or cake tin with baking paper.
• Use a fork to mash the banana. Add the rest of the cake ingredients (except the chocolate chips) and beat until smooth.
• Mix in the choc chips and put the mixture into the tin.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes until well risen and gold-brown.

CHOCOLATE BANANA LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Stir in walnuts; set aside.
• Using medium speed of an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in bananas until blended. Add butter mixture to flour mixture and stir just until combined. Do not overmix.
• Spoon batter into a greased 8 1/2x4 1/2 inch loaf pan.
• Bake until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Invert loaf onto rack and cool completely. May be frozen for up to 1 month.