Chocolate Banana Bread

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened plus more for pan
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
• 2 eggs
• 3 very ripe bananas
• 1 teaspoon vanille extract
• confectioners' sugar (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Butter 9x5 loaf pan.
3. Mix together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
4. In another bowl, beat butter until light; beat in chocolate, eggs, bananas and vanilla.
5. Stir in dry ingredients just until combined; do not overbeat.
6. Pour batter into pan.
7. Bake until toothpick inserted into center of bread comes out almost clean, 50-60 minutes.
8. Cool in pan on rack at least 15 minutes before removing bread from pan to rack.
9. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar.

unsalted butter, flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, baking powder, kosher salt, bittersweet chocolate, eggs, very ripe bananas, confectioners

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-banana-bread-367404 (may not work)