Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread is a beautiful banana bread with marbled semi sweet chocolate.
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This beautiful banana bread calls for two ripe bananas, plain yogurt, semi sweet chocolate, and cocoa powder. It is beautiful and a very dense bread that goes very well with coffee or as a post-workout snack! The use of both semi sweet chocolate and cocoa powder creates rich chocolate swirls in each bite of the banana bread.
To create the marbled look, you will have to drop alternating tablespoons of the banana batter and chocolate batter. A loaf pan can fit two side-by-side rows of 4-5 Tbsp scoops per row for the first layer, and the same for the second layer. Does not have to be perfect, alternating is key. Then a table knife will be used to swirl the batter by running zig-zags from one long end of the pan to the other. The slower you run the knife through, the more the batter will pull through and create swirls!
Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ripe bananas mashed
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 oz semi sweet chocolate
- 3 tsp cocoa powder
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, mix butter and sugar until blended and fluffy, approx. 3 minutes on low-medium mixing speed.
- Mix in one egg at a time. Add mashed bananas, vanilla extract, and yogurt. Mix until blended.
- Add all dry ingredients into the banana mixture (except for chocolate and cocoa powder), mix until fully combined.
- In a separate microwaveable bowl, melt the semi sweet chocolate and mix in cocoa powder. Add 1 cup of the banana mixture into this chocolate mixture and mix until the chocolate batter is smooth and silky.
- In a greased loaf pan, fill the pan alternating between the two batters. A loaf pan can have two side by side rows of 4-5 Tbsp scoops per row for the first layer, and the same for the second layer. Does not have to be perfect, alternating is key.
- Use a knife and run through the batter in the loaf pan, crisscrossing to semi mix the two mixtures to form the marbled look. Around 4 times and do not over mix.
- Bake at 350 F for 1 hour or until tester in the centre of the loaf comes out clean.
If you love baking loaves or banana bread, you will likely love my Raspberry Coconut Banana Bread. This loaf uses fresh raspberries and it is as beautiful as it is tasty.
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