Marbled Choco-Coffee-Banana Loaf

The name is quite a mouthful. I love marbled Chocolate cake as well as Banana bread so here I have decided to marry the two with a dash of instant coffee granules (as an afterthought) to the mix and it turned out amazing.

RECIPE: Marbled Choco-Coffee-Banana Loaf

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 bananas)

2 Eggs

1/3 cup plain low-fat yogurt

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 Tbsp Instant Coffee Granules

Cooking spray

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350° and grease your loaf pan with some oil.
2. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
3. Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute). Add banana, eggs, and yogurt; beat until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist.
4. Place chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl, and microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until almost melted, stirring until smooth. Cool slightly.
5. Add 1 cup batter to chocolate, stirring until well combined. Spoon chocolate batter alternately with plain batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Swirl batters together using a knife. 
6. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. 
7. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

Step-by-step-process,

Preheat oven to 350° and grease your loaf pan with some oil or butter.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.

Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute). Add banana, 2 eggs, and yogurt; beat until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist.

Banana, eggs, yogurt

Place chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl, and microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until almost melted, stirring until smooth. Cool slightly.

Add 1 cup batter to chocolate, stirring until well combined. Add a Tbsp of the instant coffee granules (this was a last minute addition).

Spoon chocolate batter alternately with plain batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Swirl batters together using a knife. 

Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.