Chocolate banana bread recipe

Chocolate banana bread is a moist, soft and delicious breakfast, snack or dessert with perfect balance between banana and chocolate. This easy bread/ cake recipe has little crunch as well from the addition of walnuts making it more healthy and delish. Since this is baking season I thought to share this quick and easy recipe of banana bread with chocolate twist, which can be prepared if you have ripe/ overripe banana lying in your fruit rack. To add more taste to your bread/cake you could try adding pecans instead of walnuts and even chocolate chips for more of that sweetness. Freshly baked chocolate banana bread remains good for 1 or 2 days if preserved properly in airtight container. It stays good in the fridge for upto 5 days. So let’s get to the making!

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Chocolate banana bread recipe

2019-12-16 22:34:46

Serves 4

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

50 min

Total Time

1 hr

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

50 min

Total Time

1 hr

Ingredients

1. All purpose flour/ Maida - ½ cup
2. Unsweetened cocoa powder – ¼ cup
3. Baking soda- ½ tsp
4. Salt – ¼ tsp
5. Sugar – ½ cup (granulated)
6. Banana- 1 (long sized/ ¾ cup)
7. Melted butter – ¼ cup (unsalted)
8. Egg- 1
9. Walnuts – ¼ to ½ cup (chopped)

Note

* 1 cup = 235 ml

Instructions

In a bowl add all purpose flour/ maida, baking soda, salt and unsweetened cocoa powder. Mix well until combined. Keep this mixture aside.
Now in another bowl add banana, mash with a masher/ spoon/ fingers, to it add sugar, melted butter and vanilla syrup. Mix well until combined. Now to this mixture add egg and blend it well.
When the wet mixture is ready add the flour mixture and mix well using a spatula. When you have achieved cake batter stir in chopped walnut, reserve a tbsp if chopped walnuts to top it on the bread.
Now pour the batter in a greased loaf pan. Place it in the preheated oven and bake it for 50 to 60 minutes until done. After 50 minutes when banana bread looks done insert a toothpick in the center, if the toothpick comes out clean its cooked perfectly if not bake for 5 more minutes.
When done remove the banana bread from oven and place it on a wire rack for it to cool down. When the chocolate banana bread is completely cooled down slice it and serve. Chocolate banana bread remains good for 1 or 2 days if preserved properly in airtight container. It stays good in the fridge for 5 days.

By Sandhya Riyaz

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How to make Chocolate banana bread with step by step images

In a bowl add all purpose flour/ maida, baking soda, salt and unsweetened cocoa powder. Mix well until combined. Keep this mixture aside.
Now in another bowl add banana, mash with a masher/ spoon/ fingers.
To the mashed banana add sugar, melted butter and vanilla syrup. Mix well until combined. Now to this mixture add egg and blend it well.
When the wet mixture is ready add the flour mixture and mix well using a spatula.
When you have achieved cake batter stir in chopped walnut, reserve a tbsp of chopped walnuts to top it on the bread.
Now pour the batter in a greased loaf pan. Place it in the preheated oven and bake it for 50 to 60 minutes until done. After 50 minutes when banana bread looks done insert a toothpick in the center, if the toothpick comes out clean its cooked perfectly if not bake for 5 more minutes. Every oven is different so the bake bake time might vary.
When done remove the banana bread from oven and place it on a wire rack for it to cool down. When the chocolate banana bread is completely cooled down slice it and serve. Chocolate banana bread remain good for 1 or 2 days if preserved properly in airtight container. It stays good in the fridge for 5 days.