Chocolate Chip Banana Bread!
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Delicious and moist chocolate chip banana bread â perfect way to use up bananas, and itâs just SO yummy!
Bananas!
YES THAT IS CORRECT â THE RECIPE FOR CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD IS HERE! And I must say⊠Iâve heard itâs delicious.Â
To explain from the beginning⊠I canât eat banana. Banana makes me poorly, which is why there have never been any banana related recipes on my blog. Iâve mentioned this ~several~ times, but you lot still want them.Â
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 â and their âyeah itâs good!â wasnât really descriptive enough. Itâs hard to test a bake that you shouldnât eat!Â
Anyway⊠several banana breads later, and several taste testers later, I am 100% certain that this is delicious â 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 â YUM!
So! I was inspired by Sallyâs Baking Addiction for this one â but altered slightly to suit what I found worked personally for me! However, I am no banana bread expert.Â
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 âbreadâ!
Sponge
For the sponge itself â itâs 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 theyâre mushed! Easy!Â
The sponge is easier when you reverse the basics of a normal cake â cream together the butter and sugar, Â 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?!Â
Soured cream
I used soured cream as I found it baked best with it â and 4 large ripe bananas worked best for me. Banana bread doesnât rise that much so it will look like a lot of mix, but trust me it works!Â
Chocolate
I obviously decided to add in the chocolate chips, but these are 100% optional â I just couldnât 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!Â
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!Â
- 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!Â
- I recommend using this cake tin to bake the recipe in!Â
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Tastes amazing but Iâve made this twice now and both times only the top has cooked and the bottom is undercooked. Iâve cooked at 160 for 75 mins and still undercooked. Iâm following everything else to the exact detail. Please help?
Hiya! Your tin may be a slightly different size as loaf tins vary, and it may be worth getting an oven thermometer to double check your oven temp. Bare in mind though, banana bread is naturally more stodgy and dense! Hope this helps x
Hi Jane, could use stork instead of unsalted butter? Thank you x
Yes absolutely! x
Hi Jane I only have three bananas, would that be okay or would that not be enough?
Hiya! As long as theyâre pretty big it should be okay! Hope this helps! x
Hi Jane! just made this recipe and the bread plumped up nicely, I left it to cool and kind of collapsed a bit on the top, is this normal? or have I done something wrong?
Discovered your site through a friend, second recipe I have made. I not sure where you are located, but Iâm baking from the UK!!
Hiya! Sadly this sounds as though it was slightly under baked. Enjoy & happy baking! x
Made this yesterday and itâs lovely but was quite wet is this normal or have I done something wrong
I love this recipe, so easy to make and my toddler LOVES it! Iâm sure her daddy has been sneaking slices too đ
Also! Love the new site layout. Only thing is I love the stories/blogs with the recipes like the carrot Bundt cake where you & your flat mate bought too many carrots lol đ I love hearing about the inspiration to the recipes but canât seem to see it in the new version, maybe Iâm missing something on the mobile site or something đ€
Anyways! Love ALL your recipes Jane! You rock
This was super easy to make!! Thank you so much I had a lot of mixture so made 2 little cupcakes for my mum as I was taking the loaf to a dinner and it was super yummy!!! Excited to cut into it later! Have also made your brownies and blondiesâŠ..canât wait for the book!
Hey Jane,
Just for my own curiosity, why do people add sour cream to cakes and banana bread?
Thanks đ
Hey! Sour cream, natural yogurt etc just help the bake because the recipe isnât a standard recipe xx
Hi Jane! Hope youâre having a wonderful day đ This looks delightful and I canât wait to make it â just waiting on my bananas! I was wondering if you used milk or dark chocolate chips in this, or a mix of both? đ Thank you!
Hey! Aw thank you so much, you too! You can use either!xx
I just used this recipe and made them as banana muffins instead. I halved the amount of mixture and cooked for about 30 minutes. They are delicious!! They are definitely more cake like than bread like but honestly so moist and so sweet! I will definitely be making again!!
Thanks for another great recipe Jane!made this over the weekend. Only had 3 bananas but added 100g of chopped walnuts to it too. Best Banana bread Iâve tasted!
Hey!! I am so glad you loved it!xx
Hi Jane đ
Love the recipe! I was wondering can it be frozen?
Thanks,
Yes it can be!! xx
Oh my god!!! Sooooo yummy!!!
I took this into work and even the people that donât like cake loved it!! Thanks Jane!!xx
I was sceptical about the sour cream (and what it looked like half way through) but this is definitely one of the best banana breads Iâve made! This will be my go-to recipe for sure.
I mix up some porridge oats with brown sugar and sprinkle on top for a nice crust. đ€
Amazing Recipe. Thank you lovely. I canât wait to make White chocolate and raspberry blondies next