Banana, Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 2 large eggs
• 140g self-raising flour
• 140g caster sugar
• 140g slightly soft butter
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 heaped tbsp peanut butter
• 3 large bananas
• Sprinkling of brown sugar
• 50g small chopped dark chocolate pieces
• 50g large chopped dark chocolate pieces
• I tbsp Demerara sugar

Method

• Preheat oven to 180c/170c fan

• Line a large loaf tin with baking parchment

• Break the eggs into a jug and whisk

• In a stand mixer (or with a hand mixer) cream the sugar and butter together till pale and fluffy. With the motor running mix in the eggs gradually.

• Add the flour a spoonful at a time and continue to mix.

• In a separate bowl use a fork to mash two of the bananas, the peanut butter and the small chocolate pieces together.

• Add this to the the batter and mix. Then add the baking powder and mix again.

• Pour the batter into the loaf tin and add the large chocolate pieces on top, pushing then in just below the surface.

• Chop the remaining banana into slices and lay on the cake mix. Sprinkle the Demerara sugar over the top of the cake

• Bake for 25 minutes and check for burning. If the cake is starting to burn lay a piece of foil on top.

• Bake for a further 15 minutes. Check with a cocktail stick to see if it’s done.

• Rest for ten minutes and then remove from the tin. Leave to cool on a rack.

• Cut a slice and enjoy!​