black banana chocolate bread.

(note: the hand....love.)

(looks like a late night of partying/baking)

+++beauties+++

there is definitely something inside

of baking that makes the hard stuff soften 

and melt or maybe its about making

room for something warm & lovely 

inside the rough edges of life

what do you think? it's not a quick fix

but a super delicious bandaid!

i am deeply in love with notes from the larder

by nigel slater (xmas gift...thanks bestie!)

it's an annual kitchen diary where nigel jots down

his sweet musings & recipes about food & life

it's simple yet wonderful and beautiful

i am really enjoying it. this recipe does not take a lot

of time & ingredients to make it happen

(it also sates the don't waste anything part

of me with the black bananas)

here is nigel's chocolate

muscovado banana cake

gather

2 cups all-purpose or gf flour

(i used cup 4 cup)

2 tsp baking powder 

1/2 cup butter/softened 

1 cup + 1 tbs muscovado sugar

14 oz (i think it was 3) super black bananas

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

1 bar (3.5 oz/100g) of dark chocolate

make it happen

butter loaf pan & line with parchment

sift flour & baking powder

cream butter & sugar

(till fluffy and pale coffee color)

mash bananas in bowl

(keep it lumpy)

stir in vanilla extract

beat eggs lightly with a fork

then beat them into creamy butter/sugar

chop chocolate into small pieces

(like fine gravel)

fold them into bananas/butter/sugar mixture

gently fold in powder & flour

scrape mixture into line loaf pan

bake for 50 minutes

test it with a skewer

if it comes out clean: awesome

if not: put foil over it and in for a few more minutes

let it settle in the pan for about 15 minutes

then take it out to cool

i wrapped the bread in foil & kept it out

it didn't last long in my house!

it's also a great gift

enjoy & let me know how you go

big love beauties

XXXX