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Banana Bread with milk chocolate

10 min of
preparation

45 min of
cooking

8 peoples

Easy

List of ingredient

  • 150 g Vanurai 39% milk chocolate chips
  • 120 g eggs
  • 50 g brown sugar
  • 130 g butter
  • 6 g baking powder
  • 50 g sugar
  • 210 g flour
  • 3 ripe bananas

In this recipe

Kitchen utensil

  • *bowl
  • *Whisk
  • *Cake mould

Preparing Banana Bread

Methodology

  • 1.Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas mark 6).
  • 2.Break the eggs into a bowl.
  • 3.Add the sugar and brown sugar and whisk until smooth.
  • 4.Peel the bananas, cut into pieces and mash coarsely with a fork.
  • 5.Stir the banana purée into the egg mixture.
  • 6.Melt the butter in a saucepan or in the microwave.
  • 7.Pour the melted butter over the mixture and mix well.
  • 8.Sift in the baking powder and flour.
  • 9.Mix until smooth and homogenous.
  • 10.Fold the 150g of Vanuari 39% milk chocolate into the mixture.
  • 11.Butter a cake tin.
  • 12.Pour the mixture into the tin.
  • 13.Bake for 45 minutes.
  • 14.Check doneness by inserting a knife blade into the centre: it should come out dry.
  • 15.Unmould the cake and leave to cool on a wire rack.

The chef's tip

To prevent the chocolate pieces from falling to the bottom of the cake, mix them with a little flour before adding them. You can also place the chocolate chips in the fridge to keep them in suspension during baking.

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