Black Bottom Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 2/3 cups mashed, ripe bananas (, , 3 or 4 medium)
• 1 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan and set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar on high speed, about 1 minute.
• 3 stop mixer and add eggs.
• 4 continue beating until fluffy, about 1 minute.
• 5 add milk and stir until combined.
• 6 remove from mixer.
• 7 in another mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
• 8 with a wooden spoon, stir flour-mixture and mashed bananas into the creamed butter-mixture until combined.
• 9 stir in chocolate chips and pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• 10 bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 55 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of bread comes out clean.
• 11 remove from oven and place pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 12 gently remove loaf from pan and cool completely on wire rack.