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Chocolate Swirled Banana Bread
Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread. Super moist banana bread swirled with chocolate!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 4 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan and set aside.
- Add butter to a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until light brown / caramel in color. 5-10 minutes. Make sure to keep and eye on it so butter does not burn. It also helps to use a light colored saucepan for this.
- Pour the browned butter in a large bowl along with the sugar and vanilla, mix until combined.
- Fold in the eggs one at a time then add in the bananas and sour cream.
- In a large bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
- Scoop 1 cup of the batter into the bowl you used for dry ingredients. Add in cocoa powder and mix to combine.
- Pour both batters into the prepared pan alternating between chocolate and regular. Use a butter knife to swirl.
- Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 20 minutes.
- Take the loaf out of the pan and allow it to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Slice bread and serve!
Nutrition Information
Calories: 393kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 5gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 79mgSodium: 320mgPotassium: 327mgFiber: 3gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 540IUVitamin C: 5.3mgCalcium: 56mgIron: 1.8mg