Ingredients

• 250g/9oz plain flour
• 25g/1oz cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• pinch salt
• 200g/7oz golden caster sugar
• 2 very ripe bananas
• peeled
• mashed
• 2 free-range eggs
• beaten
• 125g/4½ butter
• melted
• 100g/3½oz good-quality white chocolate
• chopped
• 50g/2oz toasted chopped hazelnuts

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line a loaf tin.
• Sift the plain flour
• cocoa powder
• baking powder
• bicarbonate of soda
• salt and sugar into a large bowl and mix until well combined.
• Mash the bananas in a separate bowl
• stir in the eggs and melted butter.
• Fold the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Fold in the chocolate and nuts and spoon the mixture into the loaf tin.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes
• or until the cake is risen and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven
• cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes
• then remove the cake from the tin. Serve in slices.