Dark chocolate marbled banana bread
Dark chocolate creates a beautiful marbled effect in this moist banana bread made with Greek yoghurt and less sugar than most quick breads.
Ingredients
Serves: 10
- 200g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons hot water
- 20g cocoa powder
- 2 large overripe bananas, mashed
- 100g Greek yoghurt
- 115g butter, melted
- 110g brown sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:55min ›
Ready in:1hr15min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease a loaf tin.
- Whisk flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt together in a bowl.
- Whisk hot water and cocoa powder in a large bowl until smooth.
- Combine mashed bananas, Greek yoghurt, butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract in another large bowl; mix well. Fold in flour mixture until thoroughly combined.
- Mix half of the banana mixture into the cocoa mixture until well combined.
- Spoon banana mixture and cocoa mixture into the prepare tin, alternating between the two.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
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Scrumptious! I didn't change the recipe at all, but I did add some chopped walnuts and dark chocolate chips to the batter. Yummy! - 15 Oct 2017 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
YUM!! I've been using AllRecipes for over 15 years but this is the first review I've ever written. It seemed appropriate that it's also the first review for this recipe. I did make a few changes, based on what I had. But, none of these minor changes affected the integrity of the recipe. (1) used sour cream (no Greek Yogurt, but will make again when I do have, and as poster mentioned, think I will try flavored), (2) added extra 1/4 tsp salt (1/2 tsp total, because used unsalted butter), (3) added 1 tbsp sugar to cocoa/water mix (wanted little more sweet), (4) used 1 tsp vanilla, since that seems typical in baking recipes, thought the 1 tbsp. might have been typo. This is my favorite banana bread recipe ever - and I've been baking for 40 years! The flavors are more subtle/mild than most recipes. The banana and chocolate are not overpowering, which I prefer because this bread goes great with hot cocoa, hot tea, coffee or a glass of milk, without having strong competing flavors. As the poster mentions, it is not real sweet. So if you want a bold, sweet flavor, this may not be what you're looking for. But if you want a simple, wonderful complement to a relaxing cup of tea, this is perfect! I also really liked the texture; some recipes are too moist-they can be too dense, almost doughy; others can be dry; this is moist without being overly heavy. Thank you Chef V for sharing! - 08 Oct 2017 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
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