Dark chocolate banana bread

Ripe bananas and cocoa give this loaf a soft crumb and a deep chocolate flavour.

10 serves (one slice) · About 70 minutes, plus cooling

Ingredients

• 4 ripe bananas, mashed
• 20 mL neutral oil
• 22.5 mL liquid egg whites
• 36 g granulated monk fruit sweetener
• 2.5 mL vanilla extract
• 155 g plain flour
• 12 g unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• 170 g no-added-sugar chocolate chips

Method

1. Heat the oven to 160°C conventional or 140°C fan-forced. Line a 22 × 11 cm loaf tin.
2. Stir the banana, oil, egg white, sweetener and vanilla together. Sift the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate and salt separately, then fold the two mixtures together with the chocolate chips.
3. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, until a skewer comes out mostly clean. Cool before cutting into 10 slices.

Nutrition is approximate per serve (one slice). Actual values vary with brands and serving size. Optional sides and toppings are excluded.