Black-and- Banana Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg or 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 medium ripe bananas
• 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
• lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon dark rum
• 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup butter, plus
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup whole milk

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 325 degrees. butter an 8x4x2 1/2 inch loaf pan; dust with flour; tap out excess.
• 2 whisk flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg in a small bowl until blended.
• 3 in another small bowl, mash bananas with lemon zest and juice; stir in rum.
• 4 microwave chocolate and 2 t butter, stirring every 10 seconds, until melted and blended.
• 5 beat remaining butter with mixer on medium speed 3 minutes or until creamy. add sugars; beat 2-3 minutes until light and smooth.
• 6 add eggs, 1 at a time. beat in vanilla (batter will look curdled).
• 7 reduce mixer speed to low and beat in 1/2 the flour mixture just until blended. beat in milk until combined, then remaining flour mixture. scrape down bowl; beat in banana mixture (batter will look lumpy).
• 8 stir a little less than 1/2 the batter into melted chocolate to blend. drop alternating spoonfuls of both batters into prepared pan. using a table knife, swirl batters together, taking care not to overdo it.
• 9 bake 1 hour and 20 to 30 minutes (check cake after 45 minutes and cover loosely with foil if it's getting too brown), until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached.
• 10 cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes before inverting on rack, turning right side up and cooling completely.