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Chocolate Banana Loaf with Ganache, Sweetened with Monk Fruit

Name: Chocolate Banana Loaf with Ganache, Sweetened with Monk Fruit
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Europe and North America
Ingredients: Sunflower oil 100 ml; kOBE Monk Fruit Blend 200 g; self raising flour 175 g; baking soda half a teaspoon; cocoa powder 4 tablespoons; unsweetened dark chocolate chips 75 g; ripe banana 175 g; medium eggs 3, of which 2 are separated into whites and yolks; oat milk 50 ml. Topping: unsweetened dark chocolate chips 75 g; kOBE Monk Fruit Blend 25 g; soured cream 100 ml; dried banana for decorating.

Sweets and drinksBaked GoodsEurope and North AmericaAbout 1 hour 30 minutes

A chocolate banana loaf with ganache leans on mashed ripe banana to keep the crumb moist through seventy minutes in the oven. It works because the crumb stays soft and wet, with a piece of chocolate turning up every few bites. The hardest part is judging when it is done, since a thick loaf colours at the edges while the middle is still wet.

Whipping the two egg whites separately and folding them in is the move that matters. Skip that step and the crumb comes out dense and heavy rather than light.

This batch weighs about 1.1kg, at roughly 229 calories per 100g.

Nutrition (this recipe makes 4 servings)

195kcal

5.8gprotein

9.7gfat

2.6gsugar

The sweetness here comes from kOBE Monk Fruit Blend and fruit and milk. There is no added refined sugar.

Estimated from raw ingredients; the real numbers shift a little depending on how you cook and what you buy.

This batch makes 4 servings. This loaf divides into 4 servings. Each one is cut further into slices about two finger joints thick as it is eaten.

Ingredients for the batch

Sunflower oil 100 ml
kOBE Monk Fruit Blend 200 g
self raising flour 175 g
baking soda half a teaspoon
cocoa powder 4 tablespoons
unsweetened dark chocolate chips 75 g
ripe banana 175 g
medium eggs 3, of which 2 are separated into whites and yolks
oat milk 50 ml. Topping: unsweetened dark chocolate chips 75 g
kOBE Monk Fruit Blend 25 g
soured cream 100 ml
dried banana for decorating.

Method

Melt 75g of unsweetened dark chocolate chips in a bowl set over a pot of hot water, add 25g of finely ground kOBE Monk Fruit Blend, stir until smooth and glossy, pour it onto a tray lined with baking paper, chill until firm, then chop it into small chips.
Heat the oven to 160 degrees C. Brush oil over a loaf tin and line it with baking paper standing 2cm above the rim.
Mix 175g of kOBE Monk Fruit Blend, 175g of self raising flour, half a teaspoon of baking soda, 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder and the chopped chocolate together in a large bowl.
Mash 175g of ripe banana in another bowl and stir it with 1 whole egg and 2 egg yolks, then with 100ml of sunflower oil and 50ml of oat milk.
Whip 2 egg whites to stiff peaks in a separate bowl.
Mix the dry ingredients into the banana mixture until even, then tip in the whipped whites and fold gently.
Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 70 minutes, until a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean.
Let the tin cool down, then turn the loaf out.
Make the topping: melt 75g of unsweetened dark chocolate chips in a bowl set over a pot of hot water, add 25g of finely ground kOBE Monk Fruit Blend, stir until smooth and glossy, then stir in 100ml of soured cream and chill it.
Spread the chocolate mixture over the loaf, scatter dried banana pieces on top, and cut it into slices as it is eaten.

Tips

The riper the bananas, the sweeter and more fragrant the loaf.
Chop the chocolate into small even chips, since large pieces all sink to the bottom of the tin during baking.
Whipping the whites separately and folding them in keeps the crumb light and open.
Test the skewer in the very center, since the edges set first and a test near the rim reads done too early.
Keep the loaf in a cake tin and slice only what will be eaten, so the cut face does not dry out.

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