Sunday, August 30, 2009

Amazing Triple Chocolate Banana (Cake) Bread

So this bread is so good that it's almost a cake.  Rich fudginess, moist texture and mild banana flavor.  So good and justifiable because technically, it's healthy...bananas are healthy, right?

Anyway, here you are.

Triple Chocolate Banana Bread
1 cup Sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 Tbsp oil (optional, not needed if you use white flour)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups Whole Wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup dark cocoa powder or Special Dark cocoa
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp bakiing soda
1 1/4 cup mashed rip bananas, about 3
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Grease bottom of loaf pan.

Beat eggs, sugar, applesauce and (opt) oil. Add vanilla.  Mix flour, cocoas and baking soda; beat into sugar until just combined, batter will be thick.  Stir in bananas and chocolate chips.

Bake 50-70 min until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool 10 min in pan, remove and cool completely on wire rack.

Try to wait till it's cool before you eat it!