Chocolate Rocky Road Banana Loaf

In all it's crumbly glory~!

Say whatever you like but nothing beats the comfort of a banana cake/loaf. Frankly, I don't really care what the difference is between a banana cake and a banana loaf, if any, except the type of baking pan used but I made mine in a bread pan, so I'll call mine a Chocolate Rocky Road Banana Loaf :)

Every now and then, i bake in the middle of the night because it soothes me. Last night, i baked a banana loaf laden with walnuts and chocolate chips. It's so filled with all the goodies, it was quite hard to cut when it was warm because the cake was too soft and moist. I have to admit, picking on the crumbs was really yummy though.

It doesn't look like a banana cake from the top at all

So, the recipe is a very basic banana cake/load recipe. All you need to do is just add the extras in (walnuts and chocolate chips).

Here's my recipe:
2 cups of all purpose flour
1 and 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk (or substitute with 1 tbsp lemon juice/vinegar and normal milk)
2 large ripe bananas (or 3 medium sized bananas), mashed

This is after i have picked up all the crumbs after the first slice, notice the hole at the corner?

Optional:
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Method:
Pre-heat oven to 350Fahrenheit (that's about 180C) and grease your cake/loaf pan. Mine was an 8 inch loaf pan, i thought it was a little small so if you have a 9 inch one, use that.
1. Combine soften butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract into a bowl and beat until light and fluffy.
2. Sift your flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and then add gradually into the butter mixture.
3. Add your mashed bananas and buttermilk in and mix well.
4. Add your chocolate chips and walnuts, remember to reserve some for the topping.
5. Pour into the cake pan/bread pan and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour.


After it is out of the oven, loosen the sides with a knife and let it cool completely before cutting. Don't make the same mistake of cutting it while it's warm like me otherwise, you'll have to pick on the crumbs.

Enjoy! :)