Double Chocolate Banana Bread
Recipe: #35912
October 31, 2020
Categories: Breads, Desserts, Snacks, Eggs, Banana, Baby Shower, Birthday, Picnic, Potluck, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Quick Breads, Chocolate, more
"From our Saturday paper The Weekend West."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (209.5 g)
- Calories 577.6
- Total Fat - 35.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.3 g
- Cholesterol - 240 mg
- Sodium - 346.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 47.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.3 g
- Sugars - 22.7 g
- Protein - 18.5 g
- Calcium - 320.4 mg
- Iron - 4.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced.
Step 2
Grease a 7cm-deep, 13cm x 24cm (base) loaf pan and line with baking paper, extending paper 2cm above edge of pan on long sides.
Step 3
Place half of each chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on MEDIUM-HIGH (70%), stirring halfway through with a metal spoon, for 1 to 2 minutes or until melted and smooth.
Step 4
Sift flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda in a large bowl and then stir in sugar.
Step 5
Whisk eggs, oil and vanilla together in a bowl and then add egg mixture and banana to flour mixture and stir to combine and now fold through melted chocolate.
Step 6
Spoon into pan and smooth top and then sprinkle with remaining chocolate and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean (cover with foil if over-browning during cooking).
Step 7
Stand in pan for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Step 8
Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
Step 9
Dust cake with cocoa powder and serve with whipped cream cheese.
Tips
No special items needed.