Banana bread and coffee cake combined, plus chocolate!
Serve for breakfast, brunch, or dessert.
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
My mother would bake banana bread quite often growing up.
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
I would slice rounds off of the loaf and slather them with butter for an after-school snack.
This turns the banana bread into a coffee cake-banana bread hybrid that’s fit for breakfast or dessert.
Just think of it as a treat to your future self.
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
It will keep well for 4 to 5 days.
you might also tightly wrap the bread and freeze it for up to a month.
Defrost in the fridge or on the counter before enjoying.
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
In a small bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, cocoa powder, and cinnamon.
In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and salt.
Add the melted butter and mix using clean hands until small, irregular clumps the size of marbles form.
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas.
Mix in the baking soda and salt.
Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract.
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
Mix in the flour and cinnamon until a smooth batter forms.
Add the chocolate chips and stir until evenly distributed throughout the batter.
Pour half of the cake batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread into an even layer.
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
Sprinkle the top of the cake with the chocolate streusel, pressing it in slightly so it sticks.
Bake until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes.
A few dry crumbs are okay but wet batter is not.
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
If you hit a melted chocolate chip, test in a different spot.
Remove from oven and let cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
Then remove the banana bread from the pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
Wrapped tightly, the banana bread cake will keep at room temperature for 4 days.
For longer storage, refrigerate the loaf up to 5 days or freeze it.
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Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
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Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm
Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm