Chocolate Banana Bread

Tired of plain old banana bread?  Want to try something different?  I have some previous posts that are worth looking at:
Banana Coconut Peach Bread
Banana Coconut Bread
Coconut, Walnut and White Chocolate Banana Bread
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Banana Bread.

For my taste, the inclusion of coconut or chocolate appeals to me.  No surprise then that I have chosen to make Chocolate Banana Bread recipe from Confabulation in the Kitchen.  Yet another winning recipe!



Chocolate Banana Bread
Printable Recipe
Yields 1 loaf

Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas
1/3 cup Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:
1)  Butter and flour a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan.
2)  In a bowl, with a mixer on high speed, beat butter and the sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.  Add eggs and beat until well blended.  Stir in bananas.
3)  In a small bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; add to banana mixture and mix just until evenly moistened. Stir in pecans.  Pour batter into prepared pan.
4)  Bake in a 350°F until a thin wood skewer inserted in center of loaf comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes.  Cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then invert loaf from pan and cool completely on rack, about 1 hour.