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Blackberry banana bread

Balanced, flavorful, and enjoyable—this recipe has it all.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 1 cake
Calories: 1662 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup (7-oz/200g) light brown sugar
  • 1 stick (4-oz/115g) butter
  • 4 medium bananas 14oz/400g - weight without the skins
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 ¼ cups (10oz/280g) flour spooned and leveled
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • big pinch of salt
  • 1.5 cups (7-oz/200g) blackberries
  • 4 oz (115g) dark chocolate

Instructions

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  1. Preheat the oven to 350 °F / 180 °C / Gas Mark 4, no fan.
  2. Prepare all the ingredients.
  3. Prepare a 9x5-inch loaf pan (23x11cm)* by buttering it and lining with parchment paper.
  4. In a small pot melt the butter, take it off the heat and leave to cool.
  5. In a small bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together. Set aside.
  6. Add the eggs and sugar to a mixing bowl, whisk with a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment on medium-high speed for 5 minutes until the mixture is pale, light and foamy.
  7. Add the mashed bananas, vanilla extract, and melted and slightly cooled butter, mix until just combined.
  8. Sieve the flour mixture into the batter, stir in with a spatula, until partially combined.
  9. Add the chocolate (broken into smaller pieces) and a little over a cup of blackberries, fold in, taking care not to over mix.
  10. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
  11. Lay the remaining blackberries on the top.
  12. Bake for about 1 hour, or until a cake tester comes out clean. It may run longer or shorter in your oven. After about 50 minutes, check if the top is not browning too much, if it is - cover it loosely with a piece of aluminum foil.
  13. Enjoy!

Notes

  • Storage: keeps very well and tastes amazing also the next day. Wrap it tightly in plastic foil or put in a tightly closed container. I keep it at room temperature. Banana bread also freezes very well
  • The best bananas to use here are bananas that are only just beginning to turn spotty and brown (not brown overripe bananas).
  • Another rectangular pan size that would work: 10x30 cm (measured at the top), which is 27x8 cm measured at the bottom.

Nutrition Information

Calories 1662kcal (83%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1cake

Amount Per Serving

Calories 1662

% Daily Value*

Calories 1662kcal 83%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.