Double Chocolate Banana Walnut Bread
This moist and rich double chocolate walnut banana bread is a perfect treat for chocolate lovers. One of the easiest and best banana bread recipe I have made!
Ingredients
- 3 Bananas Ripened
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/4 cup Oil
- 1/4 cup Melted Butter
- 1 Egg at room temperature
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 3/4 cup Chocolate Chips
- 1/4 cup Chopped Walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F or 180C. Grease a 9*5 loaf pan and keep aside.
- Add the ripened bananas to a bowl. Mash them well. Now, add oil and melted butter to it. Using a whisk, mix well until combined.
- To the above mixture, add egg, vanilla extract, brown sugar. Mix well until smooth.
- In another bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cocoa powder. Stir in the ingredients together.
- Sift the dry ingredients into the bowl of wet ingredients.
- Mix them together until well combined. Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips and walnuts . Give a gentle mix. Make sure you don't over mix the ingredients.
- Pour the batter into the greased pan. Top with remaining chocolate chips.
- Bake for 50-55 mins or until done.
- Remove the pan from the oven and set on a wire cooling rack. Let the bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Run
- Run a knife around the edges of the bread and gently remove from the pan. Let the bread cool on the cooling rack until it comes to room temperature. Cut into slices and serve.
Notes
Wait till the bread completely cools down to room temperature before cutting the cake. I have ended up with broken pieces every time I cut this cake while it's still hot. So, please keep that in mind.
Do not over mix the batter.
Make sure you use quality cocoa powder and chocolate.
Use well-ripened bananas for the best taste.
Use larger chocolate chunks, as they don’t fully melt when baked and you can feel the crunch when you bite into it.
You can use any oil like vegetable oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil or olive oil instead.
The chopped walnuts are optional, you can skip the nuts.
Make sure you don’t overbake the bread. Take it out of the oven when a toothpick comes out clean. If your toothpick hits a piece of chocolate, there will be melted chocolate on the toothpick. Don't assume that the cake is not yet baked. Poke in a few more places and check.
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