Chocolate banana cake

Preparation: less than 30 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins to 1 hour
Serves 8-10

Ingredients

  • 250g/9oz plain flour
  • 25g/1oz cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • pinch salt
  • 200g/7oz golden caster sugar
  • 2 very ripe bananas, peeled, mashed
  • 2 free-range eggs, beaten
  • 125g/4½ butter, melted
  • 100g/3½oz good-quality white chocolate, chopped
  • 50g/2oz toasted chopped hazelnuts

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line a loaf tin.

  2. Sift the plain flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and sugar into a large bowl and mix until well combined.

  3. Mash the bananas in a separate bowl, stir in the eggs and melted butter.

  4. Fold the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Fold in the chocolate and nuts and spoon the mixture into the loaf tin.

  5. Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until the cake is risen and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven, cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove the cake from the tin. Serve in slices.

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