Chocolate Banana Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened plus more for pan
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
2 eggs
3 very ripe bananas
1 teaspoon vanille extract
confectioners' sugar (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Butter 9x5 loaf pan.
Mix together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
In another bowl, beat butter until light; beat in chocolate, eggs, bananas and vanilla.
Stir in dry ingredients just until combined; do not overbeat.
Pour batter into pan.
Bake until toothpick inserted into center of bread comes out almost clean, 50-60 minutes.
Cool in pan on rack at least 15 minutes before removing bread from pan to rack.
If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar.