Chocolate Almond Banana Bundt
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1-7 oz box Odense Almond Paste (grated using large hole side of a box grater)
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups very ripe mashed bananas
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
This banana bread tastes good enough to be a cake! Odense Almond Paste and dark cocoa powder complement the rich flavor of bananas in this ultra-moist quick bread. It’s a match made in heaven.
Time
15 minutes to assemble
50-55 minutes to bake
Total time: 65-70 minutes
50-55 minutes to bake
Total time: 65-70 minutes
Yield
12-16 servings
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour or spray (with a no-stick cooking spray with flour) a Bundt pan.
- Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon into a large bowl. Mix in chocolate chips.
- Add Almond Paste (grated using large hole side of a box grater) and sugar to food processor. Pulse until the texture of small crumbs. Add oil, eggs and bananas. Pulse until smooth. Mix in extract. This can be done in a mixer, but texture may not be as smooth.
- Pour banana-almond mixture into dry ingredients. Mix with a spoon until incorporated. Pour into Bundt pan.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted near middle comes out clean. Cool pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and finish cooling. Keeps in refrigerator for one week or freezer (double wrapped) for 3 months.