Today was one of those days.
I had to wait all morning for the man from the security company to show up, of course he was late. I had just literally stepped out of the shower when he rang the doorbell, and I raced to get decent before he left. I caught him just as he was walking back to his truck. My boys were going FULL FORCE and it was a good 45 minutes before I realized the condition my house was in! Talk about embarrassing, and OF COURSE he had to go in every room to check the windows. By the time he asked to use the restroom the boys had spread bath toys all over their bathroom floor so I directed him to mine, completely forgetting that I'd just jumped out of the shower and my dirty clothes were still in there laying on the floor.The rest of the day was spent running errands, fishing my son out of a puddle multiple times, and getting ready for my weekend trip to meet baby Brent! So I'm feeling pretty tired now.
This evening I wanted to make banana bread with the brown bananas I've had in my fruit basket for who knows how long. Because I had so many bananas, and today was a flop anyway, I decided to try a different recipe than the Spice Banana Bread I always make.
It looked beautiful and tasted amazing! Score one for Momma!
Chocolate Banana Bread
4 very ripe, almost black bananas1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter
1&1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
Chocolate chips as desired
Mix in order. Pour into a greased (I always use the spray) bundt pan and bake at 350* for 35-40 minutes.
Bring it out of the oven. Give it a couple of light shakes, (not too hard) just enough to loosen and turn over onto serving plate. Dust with powdered sugar. Serve with whipped cream. YUM!
*Note: in my oven, 40 minutes was a bit much, which is why it cracked when I plopped it out onto a plate. It was still very moist, but just watch it for the last few minutes.
