Banana Chocolate Loaf

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups pastry flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup mashed banana
• 1/2 cup chocolate, chopped, plus some
• chocolate, for drizzling

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f grease and flour a 6 ½ x 3-inch loaf pan.
• 2 cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. beat in egg and vanilla extract.
• 3 in a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. add to creamed mixture alternately with banana.
• 4 fold in chopped chocolate. scrape batter into pan and spread evenly.
• 5 bake for 30 minutes until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
• 6 allow to cool 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a plate.
• 7 to assemble.
• 8 melt chocolate and drizzle on to cake.