Cocoa-Nana Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
8 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 9x5 inch loaf pan and place in on an insulated baking sheet (can use 2 regular sheets stacked together).
Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Cream butter and sugars together.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Reduce mixer speed to low and mix in bananas.
Add dry ingredients in 3 additions, mixing only until ingredients are mixed together.
Beat in buttermilk on low speed.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Scrape batter into pan.
Bake for 30 minutes, then cover loosely with a foil tent to prevent from overbrowning.
Bake for another 40-45 minutes, or until tests done.
Remove and cool for at least 20 minutes before running a knife around the edge of the pan, then turning it out of the pan.
Cool to room temperature (make sure bread is right side up while cooling).