Banana chocolate loaf cake

Well, we all know I do like banana... and chocolate... so, banana and chocolate cake anyone?? Yes please. This is so deliciously moreish, especially if you use good quality chocolate such as Lindt. You do need to use muscovado sugar for this recipe, it has a distinctive taste that makes up half the flavour of the cake (amazing, by the way).

Banana chocolate loaf cake
Prep time: 1 hour
Serves: 12
Cooking temp: Gas 4, 180C
Cooking time: 55 minutes

Ingredients
125g unsalted butter
225g dark muscovado sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
250g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
5 ripe or overripe bananas, medium size
200g chocolate (100g bar of dark and 100g bar of milk - use a nice variety)

Method

1. Preheat the oven. Grease and line two 1kg loaf tins with baking parchment, up the sides as well.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
   
3. In a separate jug, whisk the eggs and add the vanilla extract, and then beat into the bowl, followed by the flour and baking powder.
   
4. Mash the bananas roughly in a small bowl or plate using a fork, breaking it down to chunks and not to a puree. 
   
5. Chop the chocolate into rough pieces and add to the bowl, with the banana. Mix it in well.
   
6. Divide the mixture between the two tins.
   
7. Bake for 35 minutes in the centre of the oven. After this, take them out and cover with tin foil to stop the tops burning and return to the oven for the final 20 minutes. 
   
8. Remove from the oven and allow them to cool before lifting out of the tins and serving.