Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread

Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread topped with a silky chocolate ganache gives you the feeling of an amazingly light and moist chocolate cake. If you love chocolate and banana flavors together, you will LOVE this! Decadent and easy to make!

Who wouldn't be happy to see a super moist chocolate banana bread in the kitchen in the morning? I think it makes a wonderful breakfast when served with some milk. Not coffee. I don't prefer coffee with this cake because banana and milk completes each other perfectly.

Do you have very ripe bananas waiting for someone in the family to eat them one day? You might think they don’t look appealing and even think about throwing them away. It will be a very big mistake if you do so. Use those bananas for this amazing Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread and you will apologize to them for underestimating their power of stimulating your taste buds!

Banana is not a very cheap fruit and they have discounts only when they are very ripe. I find it quite ironic since they taste much better when they are that ripe. You can create scrumptious cakes or breads like this one with ripe bananas.

The riper the bananas, the tastier cakes and breads you make with them. Most people don’t know this culinary secret and they don’t show any interest in the bananas on sale. I know I know, they don’t look good at the market stand. On the other hand, I know they are great to make a super moist marbled chocolate banana bread, so I never miss discounts!

Although I’m in love with the scent of banana, I don’t like eating it much. Fruit must be juicy for me. But I do love this chocolate banana bread that is bursting with banana flavor. I used real chocolate, not cocoa powder to make the marble. I added some melted chocolate gently in 1 cup of the batter, combined two batters in the pan and make swirls so that the batter gives chocolate in every bite.

In my first attempt to give it a marble look, I poured the plain batter into the pan first and then topped it with the chocolate batter. I thought my bread would have nice chocolate swirls inside, but it didn't turn out like that. The swirls mostly left on the top with this method.

To make perfect swirls is so easy with a simple method. Pour two batters alternately in the pan and then swirl a knife or a fork. Make sure you don't over-swirl though. Just four or five times would be enough.

It’s optional, but I highly recommend you top your chocolate banana bread with some chocolate ganache to double your pleasure. It’s not a heavy cake, so don’t afraid of topping it with extra chocolate.

I took it to the school and my colleagues devoured it early in the morning. They said that they loved how soft and moist it was. They had the feeling of a wonderful moist chocolate cake loaded with a lovely banana flavour. I think the chocolate inside and on the top compliments the banana flavor very well.

Just after making this wonderful chocolate banana bread, I saw the healthy Whole Wheat Oatmeal Applesauce Banana Bread by Monique of Ambitious Kitchen and got intrigued. Although I have a favorite vegan banana bread with allspice and walnuts, I will definitely be trying her vegan-friendly banana bread soon. Maybe you want to check it out too.

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