Chocolate Banana Bread
This wonderfully moist, tender, and delicious chocolate banana bread is baked in a skillet and it tastes just as good as chocolate cake!
Servings: 10 servings
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten with a whisk or fork
- 3 large ripe bananas mashed
- ¼ cup plain yogurt
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips chopped, optional
- ½ cup chopped walnuts optional
- 2 bananas sliced in half lengthwise, for topping, optional but recommended
Instructions
- Prep. Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Grease a 10-inch cast-iron skillet with olive oil and set aside.
- Combine the dry ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, light brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Mix the wet ingredients. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together olive oil, eggs, mashed bananas, yogurt, and vanilla.
- Combine the ingredients. Pour the banana mixture into the flour mixture and fold with a spatula until just combined. If using, fold in the chocolate chips and nuts.
- Bake. Transfer the batter into the previously prepared skillet. Place sliced bananas on top of the batter. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
- Cool and serve. Let the banana bread cool in the skillet for 30 minutes; cut and serve.
Notes
- Using a 9x5-inch loaf pan. You can bake this banana bread in a loaf pan, but the baking time will be 50 to 55 minutes. When done, remove it from the oven and let the bread cool in the loaf pan for 10 minutes, then invert it onto a cooling rack and cool completely before cutting.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 275kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 280mg | Potassium: 346mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Vitamin C: 5.1mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1.9mg
