Chocolate Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon double-acting baking powder 
• 1.5 cups banana ripe mashed
• 0.3 lb butter at room temperature
• 0.3 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
• 2 large eggs at room temperature
• 1.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup sugar 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• blender
• loaf pan
• skewers

Directions

1. Butter and flour a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan (8-cup capacity).
2. In a bowl, with a mixer on high speed, beat 1/2 cup butter and the sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
3. Add eggs and beat until well blended. Stir in bananas.
4. In a small bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; add to banana mixture and mix just until evenly moistened. Stir in pecans if using.
5. Pour batter into prepared pan.
6. Bake in a 350 regular or convection oven until a thin wood skewer inserted in center of loaf comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then invert loaf from pan and cool completely on rack, about 1 hour.