Easy chocolate and banana loaf

Admittedly this loaf might not look like much, but my lovely boyfriend says this is the best banana bread he has ever had. Yes, he is both duty and morally bound to say that, but I do believe him. 

This is a very simple recipe with a couple of twists to ensure this is as squidgy and delicious as a banana loaf should be!

Recipe for Alannah's chocolate and banana loaf

Ingredients

3 ripe bananas

2 tablespoons of milk

100g butter (I just used light olive oil spread stuff - it worked fine!)

150g plain flour

150g caster sugar

1 teaspoon bicarb

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 eggs

100g bar of dark chocolate (I used cheapo dark chocolate. Again, it worked fine!)

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 160 fan and prepare a 1lb loaf tin (grease and line).

2. In a mixing bowl, mash the bananas up into a rough paste.

3. In the same bowl, add all the other ingredients apart from the chocolate and mix well until smooth and well combined.

4. Cut or grate the chocolate finely but roughly and stir this into the mixture until evenly distributed.

5. Pour the mixture into the baking tin and even it out.

6. Bake for 45 minutes, checking towards the end that it is not burning or conversely, taking too long.

7. If it is pretty much ready, what I did was put the oven off, leave the oven door a little ajar but leave the cake in the oven for 2-3 hours. We went to the cinema while the cake lay in the oven!

8. Remove from the oven and tin and enjoy!

In all honesty, I don't really know why this cake was so good. Maybe it was because it was super-flavoursome, or maybe it was the gooey texture we love in a banana loaf. I think the texture is attributable to the oven time at the end, so if you like your banana bread, like I do, give it a go :)