Chocolate Chip Banana Bread!
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Delicious and moist chocolate chip banana bread – perfect way to use up bananas, and it’s just SO yummy!
Bananas!
YES THAT IS CORRECT – THE RECIPE FOR CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD IS HERE! And I must say… I’ve heard it’s delicious.
To explain from the beginning… I can’t eat banana. Banana makes me poorly, which is why there have never been any banana related recipes on my blog. I’ve mentioned this ~several~ times, but you lot still want them.
Chocolate chip banana bread
The second reason it has taken so long to get them to you, is I was having to get my family to taste test – and their “yeah it’s good!” wasn’t really descriptive enough. It’s hard to test a bake that you shouldn’t eat!
Anyway… several banana breads later, and several taste testers later, I am 100% certain that this is delicious – and the chocolate chips are my little flare of yay! But, these are optional. For something with a little bit extra, try my Biscoff banana bread – YUM!
So! I was inspired by Sally’s Baking Addiction for this one – but altered slightly to suit what I found worked personally for me! However, I am no banana bread expert.
Tin
I wanted the banana bread to fit my favourite and now well used loaf cake tin (this one) and it does perfectly! I realise you can make banana bread in basically any shape or whatever, but a loaf tin seemed ideal for a ‘bread’!
Sponge
For the sponge itself – it’s quite simple! The best trick I found was the easiest way to mash up your bananas is using the mixer! I shove the very over ripe and squidgy bananas in the bowl with the paddle attachment and mix till they’re mushed! Easy!
The sponge is easier when you reverse the basics of a normal cake – cream together the butter and sugar, the wet then add in the dry ingredients. It will look rather disgusting at the beginning, middle and end, but what do you expect from a mix full of mushed up fruit?!
Soured cream
I used soured cream as I found it baked best with it – and 4 large ripe bananas worked best for me. Banana bread doesn’t rise that much so it will look like a lot of mix, but trust me it works!
Chocolate
I obviously decided to add in the chocolate chips, but these are 100% optional – I just couldn’t resist. I wanted the recipe to be ever so slightly different, and also my taste testers adored the addition! Either way, I hope you adore this recipe! Enjoy!
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread!
Ingredients
- 4 large ripe bananas
- 125 g unsalted butter
- 150 g light brown sugar
- 250 g self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 medium eggs
- 75 g soured cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 150 g chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and line a 2lb loaf tin with parchment paper!
- Mush your bananas up until they're soft and mushy!
- In a new bowl, add your butter and sugar and beat until smooth and light.
- Add in your eggs, banana, soured cream and vanilla and beat again - it may look gross, but roll with me.
- Add in the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon and beat again until combined!
- Fold through the chocolate chips - pour into the tin!
- Bake in the oven for 60-70 minutes - after 30 minutes, quickly and carefully cover lightly with foil to stop it browning too much!
- Once baked, leave to cool fully and enjoy!
Notes
- This recipe is inspired by Sally's Baking Addiction!
- The baking time can vary, but it shouldn't take much longer at all than the recipe says - a skewer might not necessarily come out clean because of the chocolate!
- This recipe will last for 4-5 days easily - and tastes amazing throughout!
- I recommend using this cake tin to bake the recipe in!
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Will it still be tasty enough if I only have 2 bananas?
Hi if I wanted to put the mixture into cupcake cases how long will they take in the oven ? Thank you xx
Did this myself in muffin tulip cases and it was 25mins
My chocolate chips sank to the bottom, tast great but what did I do wrong ?
Thanks!
If your mixture was a little thin or runnier it can happen due to the weight of them – you can try freezing the chocolate chips or coating them in flour before adding in x
Lovely and moist cake 🥰 . I often make banana bread /cake as always have banana s in my freezer ( don’t throw away overripe bananas freeze them) I tried something new and added caramel pieces and topped with biscuit crumb for a banoffee style loaf cake. Will definitely use your recipe again.
Hi, really enjoy your recipes, thank you. Would the banana bread freeze ok? x
Yes, it would!
Can you use milk instead of sour cream ?
You can use buttermilk, or natural yoghurt