Soft Fruit and Choc Loaf
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr 30 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
6
- Ingredients
- 1 ⅔ cups plain flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 pinch Sea salt
- 1 cup Dark Chocolate chip
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 medium Banana (mashed)
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
Preparation steps
1.
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C | 350F | gas 4. Grease and line a 900 g | 2 lb loaf tin with greaseproof paper.
2.
Mix the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a bowl. In another bowl, mix the chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon of the flour mixture.
3.
Cream together the butter and the sugar using an electric hand-held whisk. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and then pour in the mashed bananas and vanilla extract.
4.
Fold in the flour mixture until you have a smooth batter. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips until they are evenly distributed.
5.
Spoon into the loaf tin and bake for 50-60 minutes until a cake tester inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
6.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin for a few minutes before turning out onto a wire rack and peeling off the greaseproof paper.
7.
Slice once cool and arrange on a serving plate before serving.
