This Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips has to be the ultimate recipe to include in your repertoire. Deliciously moist, and not overly sweet, this banana bread is a to-die-for-dessert that never fails to impress.
You know how much I love banana bread. Today, I bring you a variation of this classic that I promise you’ll instantly fall in love with. My advice is to just double up the ingredients from the start, as tasting this heavenly banana bread will only leave you wanting more.
This banana bread delivers a classic combination of chocolate and banana. The heros of this banana cake are, of course, the bananas and the chocolate. Just because a cake has a lot of chocolate shouldn’t make it overly sweet. The key is to use high-quality dark chocolate chips for the banana bread and baking dark chocolate for the ganache.
For a gluten-free version, as this cake has so little flour, this can be substituted with gluten-free flour or ground almonds.
If you’re looking for a quick showstopper to please your senses, this cake is an amazing weekend bake and perfect for breakfast, packed lunches, and picnics. Enjoy!
BANANA BREAD WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS RECIPE | 1-MINUTE VIDEO
BANANA BREAD WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS INGREDIENTS:
To make this banana bread with chocolate chips recipe, you will need:
- Cocoa powder: For a full rich chocolate flavor and dark color.
- Boiling water: We will use a bit of boiling water to mix with the cocoa powder.
- Bananas: There’s no banana bread without bananas, right? For this recipe we will need overripe mashed bananas.
- Eggs, baking soda, and bicarbonate soda: Eggs naturally hold everything together and help create a smooth batter with volume and texture.
- Butter: Melted butter, or else it will not mix properly with the wet ingredients.
- Flour: I typically use all-purpose flour for this classic recipe, but white whole wheat flour can work too.
- Sugar: For this recipe, I use brown sugar.
- Chocolate chips: I used good quality dark chocolate chips. They’re not overly sweet and they bake stable to retain their shape
- Spices and vanilla extract: We will use ground mixed spices. Feel free to adjust the spice proportions to your taste.
- Salt: To bring out all of the delicious flavors.
- Dark chocolate: I use baking chocolate with 54% cocoa solids. Unlike confectionery chocolate, baking chocolate melts smoothly and maintains a rich chocolate flavor.
- Heavy cream: To make the chocolate ganache.
HOW TO MAKE BANANA BREAD WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS:
To make this banana bread with chocolate chips, simply:
- Prepare a loaf tin. Grease and line on all sides a 900g (9x5in) loaf tin.
- Preheat oven. Heat oven to 180C/160C Fan/350F/Gas 4.
- Whisk together cocoa and boiling water. In a small bowl, whisk together the cocoa and the boiling water. Leave it aside to cool.
- Blend together the banana and cocoa. Using a separate mixing bowl, blend together the mashed bananas and cocoa mix. Then add the eggs and vanilla and combine using a blender or a whisk.
- Mix the dry ingredients. In a different bowl, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, ground mixed spices, and salt. Stir for 30 seconds.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients. Add the melted butter and half of the wet ingredients. Using a spoon or a hand mixer, mix on low speed until all dry ingredients are moistened. In two additions, add the remaining mixture, beating for 30 seconds each time.
- Add the chocolate chips. Stir in a circular motion until they are evenly distributed into the batter.
- Bake. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 35-34 minutes. Once baked, leave the cake in the tin for 10 minutes, then carefully remove and leave on a wire rack until completely cooled down.
- Prepare the chocolate ganache. In the meantime, prepare the chocolate ganache.
HOW TO MAKE THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE:
To make the chocolate ganache, simply:
- Melt the chocolate. Melt the chocolate in a microwave or in the oven on Defrost mode.
- Boil the heavy cream. Bring the heavy cream to a boil and immediately remove from heat.
- Pour the cream into the chocolate. Pour in three steps the cream into the chocolate, each time kneading them in a circular motion from the center.
- Whip the cream. Then whip the cream using a hand mixer.
- Pour the ganache onto the banana bread. Cool slightly and apply to the surface of the banana bread.
- Garnish. Garnish with finely chopped ground nuts and strawberries.
- Serve. Serve and enjoy, or store it on the kitchen counter for up to 4 days.
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Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips
Ingredients
For The Banana Bread
- 20 g cocoa powder
- 40 ml boiling water
- 3 overripe bananas mashed
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 113 g butter melted
- 240 g all-purpose flour
- 150 g brown sugar
- 140 g chocolate chips
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp ground mixed spices
For The Chocolate Ganache
- 150 g dark chocolate for bakers 54% cocoa solids
- 160 g heavy cream
Instructions
HOW TO MAKE THE BANANA BREAD
- Grease and line on all sides a 900g (9x5in) loaf tin.
- Preheat oven to 180C/160C Fan/350F/Gas 4
- In a small bowl, whisk together the cocoa powder and the boiling water. Leave to cool.
- Blend the mashed bananas and cocoa. Then add the eggs and vanilla and combine. You can use a blender or a whisk.
- In a different bowl, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, ground mixed spices, and salt. Stir for 30 seconds.
- Add the melted butter and half of the wet ingredients. Mix until all dry ingredients are moistened. Add the remaining mixture, mixing for another 30 seconds. You can use a spoon or a hand mixer.
- Add the chocolate chips and stir in a circular motion until they are evenly distributed into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 35-34 minutes.
- Once baked, leave the cake in the tin for 10 minutes, then carefully remove and leave it on a wire rack until completely cooled down.
- In the meantime, prepare the chocolate cream.
HOW TO MAKE THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE
- Melt the chocolate in a microwave or in the oven on Defrost mode.
- Bring the heavy cream to a boil and immediately remove from heat.
- Pour in three steps the cream into the chocolate, each time stiring them in a circular motion from the center.
- Then whip the chocolate cream using a hand mixer.
- Cool slightly and apply to the surface of the banana bread.
- Garnish with finely chopped ground nuts and strawberries.
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