White Chocolate Marbled Banana Bread

This recipe was uploaded on to YouTube by kissnyuszi and looks absolutely delicious!

Ingredients

* 1/2 cup butter (or reduced fat margarine), room temperature
* 1 cup white sugar
* 12 squares of White Lindor "Lindt" Chocolate (about 70 grams or roughly 2.5oz)
* 3 large eggs, room temperature
* 2 tsp vanilla extract (not essence)
* 3 ripe, medium bananas, mashed (about 1.5 cups)
* 2 cups plain (all purpose) flour
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1 tsp baking soda (bicarb soda)
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 1 cup sour cream (low fat is fine)
* 1/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180C (or 350F) and lightly grease and flour a loaf baking tin.

2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light. Beat in the eggs one by one (using a wooden spoon), waiting until each has been incorporated to add the next. Beat in vanilla extract and mashed bananas.

3. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add half of the flour mixture to the butter mix and stir to combine. Add in the sour cream, followed by the remaining flour mixture.

4. Remove 1 cup of batter into a small bowl and stir in well the cocoa powder.

5. Pour 2/3 of the plain batter into the prepared loaf tin, top with cocoa batter and spoon the rest of the plain batter on top. Swirl a knife through the batter gently (this will help create the marble effect in the centre of the banana bread). Add the white chocolate squares, 6 rows of 2, push the chocolate in just beneath the surface of the cake batter.

6. Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick or skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean and the top springs back when lightly pressed. Leave the banana bread in a place to cool for half an hour before removing from the tin. Serve plain, or dusted with icing sugar (powdered sugar).