Marbled chocolate banana bread

This marbled chocolate banana bread features two of our Fairtrade favourites – Co-op bananas and Co-op Irresistible chocolate! It’s a sure-fire crowd pleaser and couldn’t be easier to make.

Ingredients

Serves: 10

Ready in: 1hr 10 mins

• 140g Co-op unsalted butter, softened, plus extra to grease
• 140g Fairtrade caster sugar
• 2 large Co-op free range eggs, beaten
• 140g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 large ripe Co-op Fairtrade bananas, mashed
• 60g Co-op Irresistible Fairtrade 70% dark chocolate

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Grease a 2lb loaf tin and line with baking parchment.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat a third of the egg and 1 tbsp flour into the butter until combined, then slowly add the remaining egg in two stages, beating well after each, until well combined.
3. Sift the remaining flour and baking powder into the cake mixture. Add the mashed banana to the bowl, then fold everything in until combined.
4. Put the chocolate in a microwaveable bowl and heat for 20 second intervals in the microwave until just melted. Stir and set aside.
5. Put half the cake mixture into a separate bowl, then stir the melted chocolate into the mixture. Dollop the plain mixture and chocolate mixture into the prepared loaf tin in alternate spoonfuls, then swirl through with a knife 4 or 5 times to get the marbled effect.
6. Put the tin in the oven and bake for around 50 mins, or until it is cooked through and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Allow the loaf to cool in the tin for 10 mins before turning out and cooling completely on a rack.