Chocolate Banana Marble Loaf Cake

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Chocolate Banana Marble Loaf Cake

This Chocolate Banana Marble Loaf Cake is easy, healthy, and the best sweet bread recipe for chocolate lovers! Serve for breakfast or with a cup of tea or coffee for a delicious treat!

Prep Time10

Cook Time45

Course: Dessert

Keyword: banana, banana bread, chocolate, dessert, sweet

Servings: servings

Calories: 250kcal

Ingredients

190 g flour (approx 1½ cup), all purpose or cake
100 g unsalted butter ½ cup minus 1 tbsp., melted
3 medium-large bananas over-ripe, mashed (or 4 small bananas)
150 g light brown sugar (¾ cup) or granulated sugar
1 egg
½ tsp. cinnamon powder optional
½ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
20 g cocoa powder (approx 1½ tbsp) unsweetened

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 175°C (350F) and line a loaf tin with parchment paper. Mash bananas using a fork or potato masher.
In a medium-sized bowl, sift and mix flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda.
In a large mixing bowl of a food processor with a paddle attachment, mix brown sugar and melted butter on medium speed for 1 minute.
Add the egg and mashed bananas. Mix on medium speed for 1-2 minutes.
Slowly add dry ingredients and mix on slow speed until just incorporated. Do not over-mix!
Transfer ¼ to ⅓ of the batter (depending on your preferences) to a separate bowl and fold in sifted cocoa powder. Mix using a spatula until combined.
Spoon the plain and chocolate batters in an alternate fashion in the loaf tin and using a skewer or chopstick, swirl the mixtures around.
Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the loaf tin, then transfer bread to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

You may freeze banana bread once it has cooled completely for up to 2 months.
The batter can be split in whichever way you want. If you would like the bread to be less chocolatey, split the batter into ¼ and ¾ parts. Decrease the amount of cocoa powder, and add this to your ¼ part batter. If you'd like a more chocolatey cake, split the batter into to approximately equal halves (and add cocoa to one part only).

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