Overly ripe fruit is constant in my household. I had a couple of bananas left sitting in my fruit basket. They’re way past its prime and it doesn’t appear that anyone will be reaching for it anytime soon so I decided to use them in this recipe. Chocolate and banana go so well together, why not pair it with Nutella? I used an 8-inch square pan for this because I wanted to be able to cut them in squares but feel free to use an 8-inch or 9-inch loaf pan for this. Baking time would still be the same.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 3/4 teaspoon of baking soda
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- 1/4 cup of unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large bananas (about 1 cup), mashed
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon of Mexican vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup of buttermilk
- 1/2 cup of nutella
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
In a medium bowl combine together flour, salt and baking soda. Mix well and set aside.
Using a stand mixer (or mix by hand) cream sugar and butter until well blended. Add bananas, eggs (one at a time, mix and then the next egg), vanilla extract and buttermilk. Mix until blended. Slowly add in the flour mixture into the wet ingredients. Mix at a low speed until just moistened.
Add 1 cup of batter to nutella. Stir until well combined. Spoon plain batter alternately with chocolate batter into the prepared pan. Swirl batters using a chopstick or knife. If using a knife, be careful not to scratch your baking pan.
Bake for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick/tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the pan on the cooling rack.
Adapted from The Scootabaker
These look delicious Anne! Reminds me of the Nutella/banana combination that is popular in crepes in France – delicious!
Thanks Lindsay! Always lovely to hear from you. 🙂
How can you do this! This is seriously tempting!! Love the idea of banana and chocolate together.
I do too! I love chocolate anything really. The Nutella and banana pairs so nicely together. Makes for a great on-the-go breakfast.
These were a big hit at the office today. I absolutely *love* Nutella and banana. And one of my favorite desserts is Nutella and ice cream crepes (speaking of crepes)!
Nice, glad to hear it. 🙂
this is so good!!! I think i have to give it a try! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! And thanks for popping over.
Thanks for sharing Anne….you remind when i was young…..very Nice with Nutella!!!
Thanks Massi! 🙂 And thanks for the lovely comment.
Anything with Nutella rocks my socks. I so have to try this 🙂
Rocks mine too! 😉
Oh my gosh…I’m craving a slice of this right now. I’ve made Nutella banana bread before, so can only guess that this is amazing!
Thank you. It is such a great pairing!
Wow, this bread looks so good! You can’t go wrong with Nutella in a recipe! 🙂
Thanks Nancy! You really can’t, unless you overcook it. 😀
yum..banana nutella cake..i like what your thinking anne…looks just lovely..sarah
Thanks Sarah! Always lovely to hear from you. 🙂
You make the most tempting treats to start the day! Yum!
Thanks Jan! This is definitely a good one to make for breakfast. 🙂
This looks incredible! I will definitely be making this really soon!
Thank you Rachel! 🙂
OMG! I am obsessed with Nutella!!! And I also love making banana breads so the fact that you combined them so beautifully together I have to say your inspiring me to make my own! I am saving this recipe right now, thank you!
You’re welcome! I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I have. 🙂
I am so sure I will 🙂
oh, goodness–this is gorgeous. I gave nutella marble pound cake a shout-out in a recent post but have never included banana. Wow. Looks amazing:-) All of your photos look amazing. Fun blog. Many thanks for stopping by foodforfun’s muffin with friends post. Appreciate your Like!
Thanks Liz. These were delicious and they went quick!
And thanks for popping over! 🙂
Nutella is one of the finest products on the planet. Can’t wait to make this one. Gold Star!!
Thank you! It is brilliant how they combine chocolate and hazelnut in one little jar –yum!
I love those thick, square, chunky pieces of banana bread. I need to make banana bread in square pans more often!
Thanks Erika!
Thanks for letting me camp out in your blog for a little while today. I had a great time and tried to leave my campsite as good as when I arrived. I’ll be back in a couple of weeks!
Hi there Russel! Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your visit. 🙂
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Thanks for the reblog!