Name: Chocolate chip banana bread
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 8-10
Ingredients: 150g unsalted butter softened, plus extra for the tin; 150g golden caster sugar; 2 eggs; 2 ripe bananas peeled and mashed with a fork; 200g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 125g milk or dark chocolate chips; 2 tbsp unsalted butter; 2 bananas peeled and cut lengthways; 1 tbsp golden caster sugar; 4-5 tbsp Nutella or chocolate spread warmed

A banana and chocolate chip loaf cake on a white serving board, with a slice cut from the end

150g unsalted butter
softened, plus extra for the tin
150g golden caster sugar
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas
peeled and mashed with a fork
200g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
125g milk or dark chocolate chips

TOPPING

2 tbsp unsalted butter
2 bananas
peeled and cut lengthways
1 tbsp golden caster sugar
4-5 tbsp Nutella or chocolate spread
warmed

Method

step 1
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and butter and line a 900g loaf tin. Whisk the butter and sugar in a large bowl using electric beaters for 2 minutes until creamy and pale. Add the eggs and whisk for another minute. Fold in the bananas, flour, baking powder and vanilla. Tip in the chocolate and mix well.
step 2
Scoop the mixture into the tin and bake for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before putting on a wire rack to cool completely.
step 3
Meanwhile, heat the butter in a frying pan over a medium-high heat and, once melted, cook the bananas, cut-side down, for a couple of minutes until slightly golden. Sprinkle over the sugar and cook for another minute until caramelised. Spread the Nutella on top of the cake, put the caramelised bananas on top and serve.