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Chocolate marble banana bread

May 1, 2013 by Roxana 36 Comments

 Chocolate banana bread – Rich semi-sweet chocolate swirled into a moist and delicious banana bread with a touch of cinnamon to bring out all the wonderful flavors.
Chocolate Marble Banana Bread from Roxanashomebaking.com Rich semi-sweet chocolate swirled into a moist and delicious banana bread with a touch of cinnamon to bring out all the wonderful flavorsI rarely make banana treats. No matter how many bananas I buy, my monkey family ends up eating them while still yellow leaving me with none to have around long enough for them to become brown, soft and sweet.

To my surprise a couple of weeks ago I saw at my local grocery store bananas with so many brown spots on them they were just begging to be used in baking. It was my lucky day for sure! I picked just enough to bake a banana bread and the banana sheet cake I already shared the recipe with you.

The banana bread turned out so good I’ve already baked it three times in two weeks!

Chocolate Marble Banana Bread from Roxanashomebaking.com Rich semi-sweet chocolate swirled into a moist and delicious banana bread with a touch of cinnamon to bring out all the wonderful flavors

What I love most about this bread is that it doesn’t add cocoa powder for the chocolate swirl, but actually chocolate, melted and blended with a little bit of batter. You still get all the wonderful flavors of a moist and delicious banana bread combined with a rich taste of chocolate.

A little bit of cinnamon is added, just a touch, but it makes the sweet banana flavor to stand out.

Chocolate Marble Banana Bread from Roxanashomebaking.com Rich semi-sweet chocolate swirled into a moist and delicious banana bread with a touch of cinnamon to bring out all the wonderful flavors

Another thing, slightly different, when making this bread is that you start by creaming the butter and sugar for a good 5 minutes until fluffy, giving the bread a light texture, towards a pound cake.

Once baked the bread crust is dark and brown and the top has a crack or two. Let it sit for a couple of hours to cool on a wire rack and the top will soften the longer it sits. I love that this bread it gets better with the age, not that it lasts too long. Just a couple of days.

To give it a personal touch I melted some chocolate in hot heavy cream and poured it over the cooled banana bread. Ah-mazing!!!!

Chocolate Marble Banana Bread from Roxanashomebaking.com Rich semi-sweet chocolate swirled into a moist and delicious banana bread with a touch of cinnamon to bring out all the wonderful flavors

Chocolate marble banana bread recipe

Yields 1 loaf

Moist and delicious banana bread swirled with rich melted chocolate and covered in a silky chocolate ganache

15 minPrep Time

1 hr, 20 Cook Time

3 hrTotal Time

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Ingredients

    Banana bread
  • 1/2 cup ( 90 grams) chocolate chips (I used Heshey's)
  • 1/4 cup (56 grams) room temperature butter
  • 3/4 cup (150 grams) sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups mashed banana (about 3 large bananas)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup Greek Yogurt (I used plain Stonyfield)
  • 2 cups (240 grams) all purpose flour (I used Pillsbury)
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • pinch of salt
  • Ganache
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 350F. Grease a 9X5" bread pan and set aside.
  2. In a mixing bowl add the butter and sugar. On low speed, with the paddle attachment on, mix for about 5 minutes until creamy and slightly fluffy.
  3. Meanwhile melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Set aside to cool a little.
  4. Add the eggs, mashed bananas and Greek yogurt and mix until combined.
  5. Slowly, on low speed, add the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Stop the mixer when all the flour is incorporated. Do not overmix!!
  6. Take 1 cup of the batter out and mix it with the melted chocolate.
  7. Pour the remaining batter into the greased bread pan.
  8. Pour the chocolate mixture over the banana batter and, with a fork, make a couple of swirls.
  9. Bake the banana bread in preheated oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  10. Leave to cool for about 5 minutes in the pan before removing. Cool completely on a wire rack.
  11. When cooled, make the ganache.
  12. In a heatproof bowl, place the chocolate chips and heavy cream and microwave for about 1 minute. Stir to combine to make a smooth, rich, silky chocolate ganache.
  13. Pour over the cooled banana bread and spread with a small spatula or the back of a teaspoon.
  14. Let the ganache set for half an hour before slicing the bread.
  15. Enjoy!

Notes

recipe adapted from Cooking Light

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baked with love roxanashomebaking

Starting today bake your own bread takes a new name : Baked with Love! I have been thinking lately and since I LOVE baking anything, not just bread but I felt like some of you were discriminated for not being able to link your beautiful creations. Well, now you can!!!

Everything that’s baked with love, in your own kitchen can be linked. I can’t wait to see your amazing goodies!!!

And to make things sort of organized, here are some simple rules.

How to participate (the rules):

1.) Bake something with love and blog about it. Anything, no matter the complexity, baked from scratch in your own kitchen. Or it could be an informative post, a tutorial or how-to post. Anything that will inspire us to bake more at home. If you don’t have a blog and you’d like to participate, please email me a photo of your bread and the recipe and I will create a page for it.

2.) Include a link back to this post letting your readers know about this monthly event. Uploading the logo in your post or sidebar would be highly appreciated. 

3.)  Please link only posts from the current month. You can link as many as you want!

All submissions will be added to a Baked with love Pinterest board . Also I’ll do my best to promote everyone’s post on other social media channels. I’ll be using the #bakedwithlove hashtag for Twitter and Google+ (feel free to use this to promote linked posts, as well)

At the end of each month I’ll share a roundup post of up to 10-15 posts that caught my eye during the current month.

 

Let the baking begin!!!!


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Filed Under: Bread and quick bread, Chocolate, Recipe Tagged With: banana, bread, chocolate, Greek yogurt, heavy cream

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  1. Cindy says

    May 1, 2013 at 9:40 am

    Love the new name!
    Reply
  2. Brooks says

    May 1, 2013 at 9:58 am

    Roxana, you've elevated banana bread to a whole new level. My daughter is going to squeal when she sees this. It looks like this gorgeous loaf will be springing from our oven very soon!
    Reply
  3. hilda says

    May 1, 2013 at 10:04 am

    definitley doing this tonight.. my bananas are so dark that this will be perfect!
    Reply
  4. Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says

    May 1, 2013 at 11:41 am

    Ahhhh that chocolate on top is killer! This banana bread sounds fab!
    Reply
  5. Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says

    May 1, 2013 at 11:54 am

    Woah! This looks fabulous, Roxana! Love the marble and the glaze!
    Reply
  6. carol | a cup of mascarpone says

    May 1, 2013 at 11:56 am

    Oh Roxana!!! What an incredible banana bread...love everything about it! Thanks for a wonderful recipe!
    Reply
  7. Carolyn says

    May 1, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    Stunning. Your photos are fantastic too!
    Reply
  8. The Café Sucre Farinec says

    May 1, 2013 at 1:00 pm

    This is most drool-worthy, wow the photos are amazing!
    Reply
  9. Laura (Tutti Dolci) says

    May 1, 2013 at 1:45 pm

    I love the marbling in your bread and that ganache topping looks glorious!
    Reply
  10. Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says

    May 1, 2013 at 1:47 pm

    OH MY WORD! First of all, the chocolate glaze, I couldn't think of a better way to top a banana bread. Second of all, I love that this uses melted chocolate instead of cocoa powder. YUM!
    Reply
  11. Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says

    May 1, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    This is SUCH a gorgeous bread, Roxana! I love that it's dripping with chocolate - so decadent and delicious! Thanks for sharing.
    Reply
  12. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says

    May 1, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    This is just gorgeous!! I love that glaze over the top!
    Reply
  13. zerrin says

    May 1, 2013 at 3:39 pm

    The glaze on it looks so tempting! I love that chocolate is used instead of cocoa powder to make swirls! Love the new name of your monthly roundup! Will definitely submit something I bake!
    Reply
  14. Rosie @ Blueberry Kitchen says

    May 1, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    I love the idea of chocolate and banana marble bread, this looks so good! I really love the look of that glaze too!
    Reply
  15. Sandra's Easy Cooking says

    May 1, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    Roxy you should open up a bakery...for real! This bread is so delicious looking, and moist...oh my mouth is drooling! Absolutely mouthwatering pictures with fantastic recipe!
    Reply
  16. Nami | Just One Cookbook says

    May 2, 2013 at 4:33 am

    Haha the "monkey family" made me smile. Mine used to be monkey family too but they turned into something else! I haven't tried banana bread with ganache. I need to try that!
    Reply
  17. tanya says

    May 2, 2013 at 7:48 am

    This is an incredible loaf of bread Roxanna! Love the chocolate glaze!
    Reply
  18. Marta @ What should I eat for breakfast today says

    May 2, 2013 at 8:55 am

    I love the top chocolate layer, it looks so delicious. I make banana bread quite often, it's easy and I like the taste. In your recipe I like addition of cinnamon, I have to try it.
    Reply
  19. Laura@bakinginpyjamas says

    May 2, 2013 at 1:42 pm

    This is a great idea Roxana, I've linked up my recipe for lemon and vanilla bean swirls. I like that the swirl running through your banana bread is made from melted chocolate instead of cocoa powder, I can imagine it taste's delicious.
    Reply
  20. May says

    May 2, 2013 at 11:07 pm

    What type of chocolate chips do you use in banana bread such as so sweet???? Love your recipes
    Reply
    • Roxana says

      May 3, 2013 at 10:23 pm

      Hi May, I used semi-sweet chocolate chips. Roxana
      Reply
  21. The Ninja Baker says

    May 3, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    The love baked into this fantabulous bread is evident, Roxana! Love the accent of cinnamon. And the real chocolate mixed in and (on top!) is irresistible. I have duly Pinterested your photo (with credit to you of course) and saved the recipe=)
    Reply
  22. Jennie @themessybakerblog says

    May 6, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    Roxana, this bread looks wonderful. That chocolate glaze is calling my name. Yum!
    Reply
  23. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says

    May 7, 2013 at 2:40 am

    What a treat this turned out to be !
    Reply
  24. Valerie says

    May 12, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    Heavy cream + melted chocolate + banana bread! Yes, please!
    Reply
  25. Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says

    May 12, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    I absolutely love that you topped that gorgeous bread with a chocolate ganache!!!! Swoon!!!
    Reply
  26. Gourmet Getaways says

    May 27, 2013 at 2:14 am

    Oh this look so good!!! I love the swirls YUMMY! I will be first in next month with a submission to your "Baked with Love" post... I just need to come up with something worthy ;)
    Reply
  27. Hilda says

    July 25, 2013 at 9:17 am

    Roxanna; for this receipe if I wanted to make it using individual loaf pans, how many would you believe this recipe would make? I have 6 pans as well as mini bundt pans and would love to try it this way. :) thanks!
    Reply
  28. Tammy says

    July 26, 2013 at 9:06 pm

    Thank you for sharing. I made it this morning for my parent in laws. They love it and I had a little bit to eat and it was amazing.
    Reply
  29. Ursula says

    March 29, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    Roxana, could you please clarify for me the quantity of banana needed in this Banana Swirl Cake. The recipe says 1 1/2 and 3 large bananas. I've mine made and in the oven, can't wait to taste it. Thank you for sharing your treats x
    Reply
    • Roxana says

      March 29, 2014 at 5:43 pm

      Hi Ursula, I apologize for my type. it's 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas, which is about 3 large mashed bananas
      Reply
      • Ursula says

        March 29, 2014 at 6:28 pm

        Thank you, Roxanna, it turned out fine, I must have put in enough banana. Looking forward to having it tomorrow. Thanks again x
        Reply

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