Fat Friday #42 Chocolate Banana Loaf Cake

Happy Friday everyone! This week is another fail-safe recipe that is excellent for snacking on while revising or hosting a party. Actually, what made me make this recipe was a lazy attempt to make some for a D and D party. *Thats Dungeons and Dragons to you non-players* We play with a group of friends wanting to be hero's for the evening. If you want more information on it I can pop that in the another post. 

But we're focusing on this super easy banana cake which is very more-ish and was loved by the whole group during our D and D quest for the evening.

Recipe: Makes one loaf cake (Adapted from The Primrose Bakery Cookbook by Martha Swift and Lisa Thomas)

Ingredients:

• 125g unsalted butter, at room temperature (plus a little extra to grease the tin)
• 250g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 250g plain flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 bananas, the riper the better
• 175g of dark chocolate, chopped into thick chunks

Equipment:

• Large loaf tin, greased and lined with a little butter
• Bowl x 3
• Chopping board
• Knife
• Masher or a fork
• Electric hand held whisk/wooden spoon
• Wire rack 

 Method:

1.Preheat the oven to 180c/350f/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line the loaf tin.

2.Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. 

3. Add the eggs, one at a time mixing very well after each addition.
4. Mix in the vanilla extract, then the flour and baking powder. 
5.Mash up the bananas in a separate bowl and add then to the cake batter.
6.Add the chopped up dark chocolate and beat briefly.
7. Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and bake in the centre of the oven for 50 minutes or until the cake is completely cooked through. 
8.Leave in the tin to cool on a wire rack. 
9. Serve warm or cold along with a D20 dice and, if your lucky, an D10 inspiration dice!

Have a great weekend!