Banana Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Loaf Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 2/3 cups sugar (or more or less to suit taste)
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1 cup mashed banana (about 3 medium)
• 2 cups cake flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2-1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan or 3 mini loaf pans.
• 3 in a bowl, cream together the butter or margarine and the sugar, until light and fluffy.
• 4 add in the eggs and the salt; beat until well mixed.
• 5 in a small bowl, dissolve the baking powder and the baking soda in the sour cream, and add to the creamed mixture; mix well until blended.
• 6 with a wooden spoon, stir in the banana pulp.
• 7 gradually, add in the flour mixture, vanilla; mix well with a wooden spoon, until well combined.
• 8 add in the chocolate chips, and the chopped nuts (if using).
• 9 transfer the batter into a prepared baking pan.
• 10 bake for 1-1/2 hours (for 9x5" baking pan), or until cake test done.
• 11 for the mini loaf pans, bake for 45-50 minutes, or until they test done.