Marble Chocolate Banana Bread
This thick, fluffy, and ultra-tender Marble Chocolate Banana Bread is both beautiful to look at and mouth-wateringly good!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Unsalted Butter, melted
- 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil, such as walnut oil or canola
- 1 cup Light Brown Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 3 Overripe Bananas, mashed smooth
- 1/2 cup Full-Fat Sour Cream
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 ¼ cups (150g) All Purpose Flour, divided, measured correctly †
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cup Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder, sifted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare a 9x5” loaf pan with oil and parchment. Meanwhile, add the melted butter, oil, brown sugar, eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream, and vanilla to a large mixing bowl, and beat with a handmixer until it has formed a smooth consistency.
- In a separate bowl, add 1 cup flour (120g), baking soda, and salt. Whisk until well combined, then add this dry mixture to the wet mixture. beat until just combined, ensuring not to overmix.
- Divide the batter into two bowls. Add the cocoa powder to one bowl and mix until just combined and smooth. Add the remaining 1/4 flour to the other bowl, and mix until just combined and smooth.
- Alternate adding each batter into the prepared loaf pan by scooping the chocolate batter and then the regular batter, until all of both batters has been added. Take a bamboo skewer and lightly swirl the batter around in the pan.
- Place into the oven and bake in the oven for about 55 to 60 minutes.
Notes
† to measure flour correctly, use a spoon to scoop the flour into the measuring cup, then level off with a straight edge. Do not pack the flour into the cup, or scoop with the measuring cup straight from the bag/container. Alternatively, weigh the flour (1 cup = 120g or 4oz)