Chocolate Banana Bread

🥘 Ingredients

Preparation & Bloomed Cocoa

• baking cocoa
  2 tbsp
• coconut oil
• espresso
  1 shot

Dry Ingredients & Bananas

• all-purpose flour
  170 g
• baking powder
  1.5 tsp
• bananas
  2 ripe
• cornstarch
  20 g
• salt
  1/2 tsp
• sugar
  75 g
• vanilla sugar
  1 packet

Batter & Folding

• apple cider vinegar
  1 tsp
• baking soda
  1 tsp
• coconut oil
  75 g
• dark chocolate chips
  50 g
• oat milk
  100 ml

Baking

• banana
  1 ripe

🍳 Cookware

• loaf tin
• small cup
• large mixing bowl
• mixing bowl
• small dish
• wire cooling rack

Preparation & Bloomed Cocoa

1. 1

   Preheat your oven to 180°C / 350°F (top and bottom heat) or 160°C fan. Lightly grease a 23x10cm loaf tin with a little melted coconut oil .

   coconut oil
2. 2

   In a small cup , whisk baking cocoa together with hot espresso until completely smooth and bloomed. Set aside.

   baking cocoa: 2 tbsp, espresso: 1 shot

Dry Ingredients & Bananas

1. 1

   In a large mixing bowl , whisk together all-purpose flour , sugar , vanilla sugar , cornstarch , baking powder , and salt .

   all-purpose flour: 170 g, sugar: 75 g, vanilla sugar: 1 packet, cornstarch: 20 g, baking powder: 1.5 tsp, salt: 1/2 tsp
2. 2

   Peel bananas and mash them thoroughly with a fork on a plate until smooth.

   bananas: 2 ripe

Batter & Folding

1. 1

   In a mixing bowl , whisk together oat milk , melted coconut oil , and the bloomed espresso cocoa mixture.

   oat milk: 100 ml, coconut oil: 75 g
2. 2

   Pour the wet ingredients into the dry flour mixture. Add the mashed bananas and stir for ⏱️ 3 minutes until well combined.
3. 3

   In a small dish , quickly stir together baking soda and apple cider vinegar (it will fizz up immediately), then fold into the batter.

   baking soda: 1 tsp, apple cider vinegar: 1 tsp
4. 4

   Gently fold in dark chocolate chips with a spatula.

   dark chocolate chips: 50 g

Baking

1. 1

   Immediately pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin and smooth the surface.
2. 2

   Peel the remaining banana , slice it in half lengthwise, and place both halves cut-side up gently on top of the batter.

   banana: 1 ripe
3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven for ⏱️ 45 minutes until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
4. 4

   Transfer the loaf to a wire cooling rack and allow to cool completely before slicing into 12 slices.