Cherry & Dark Chocolate Banana Loaf
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Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • 1 large over ripe bananas
  • 100g cherries, pitted and sliced
  • 100g butter
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 200g self raising flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1tsp baking powder
  • 75g dark chocolate chunks/drops
Instructions
  1. Pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC
  2. Grease and line a 1kg loaf tin
  3. Cream together the sugar and butter for about 5 minutes to soften it
  4. Add the eggs and the banana and beat well to mash the banana and make the batter softer and more airy (it does not matter if the banana is unequal in lumps - this just adds texture to the final cake)
  5. Str the cherries into the flour, then pour into the batter and add the bicarb and baking powder, and stir well
  6. Add the chocolate chunks and give one final mix
  7. Pour into the loaf tin and bake for approx 40-50 minutes until risen, golden brown and cooked right through
  8. leave the cake to cool completely before removing from the tine
  9. enjoy :)
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2016/08/cherry-dark-chocolate-banana-loaf.html