Why waste ripe bananas? I had a couple going last week and thought to put them to good use by making a banana bread. Let me just clarify that though its called a banana bread, it is actually a cake and who doesn’t love a good slice of cake?!

Starting by putting the oven on at 180 degrees. I gathered all the ingredients;

100g salted butter, softened

175g caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

200g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 a tsp of salt

100g chocolate chips

2 tbsp cocoa powder

3 ripe bananas, mashed

I started by adding the sugar to the butter to form a smooth paste, adding in a couple of drops of vanilla extract once smooth. To this I added an egg at a time, whisking in slowly. Once combined, I sifted a couple of spoonfuls of the flour in at a time, slowly folding it all in as well as the salt and baking powder.

In another bowl, I had already mashed 3 ripe bananas. I added these to the cake batter along with the chocolate chips. Once mixed in, I added the cocoa powder and mixed sparingly. I poured the mixture into a loaf tin and put into the oven. I let this cook away for around 50-60 minutes, until golden brown.

Whilst, this was cooking away, I put together a quick cinnamon butter.

25g salted butter

3tsp icing sugar

1 tsp ground cinnamon

Once the banana bread was cooked, I let it cook slightly before taking a good slice of warm banana bread and spreading some delicious cinnamon butter!

Best enjoyed with a cuppa! Do let me know if you try this recipe!