Chocolate Banana Swirl Bread

CHOCOLATE BANANA SWIRL BREAD

2 ripe bananas

2 cups flour

2 t. baking powder

1/2 t. baking soda

1 T. grated orange zest

2 eggs (flax or chicken)

3/4 cup brown sugar

6 T. melted butter (vegan or dairy)

1/2-3/4 cup milk (vegan or dairy)

1/4 cup cocoa powder

Pre-heat oven to 365.

Mash bananas. Add eggs, sugar, melted butter and milk and mix. Add flour, powder, soda and zest and mix gently. Banana can be pesky and over-toothsome if over-mixed. Do not fully mix yet since you will be adding the chocolate to half the batter.

Split the batter roughly in half into a separate mixing bowl. Add cocoa powder and extra milk if it seems too dry. Incorporate until just mixed. There will be bumps here and there. It is banana bread.

Go back to the plain batter and finish the mix.

Lightly spray a loaf pan and then add a parchment saddle in the middle of the pan. Add the plain batter and then the chocolate batter on top. Use a butter knife or small wooden spoon to dance around in the batters and make a marbly looking mess.

Bake for an hour or so until a tester comes out clean.

Cool and then use the handy-dandy parchment flaps to lift out your confection.