Chocolate & Banana Cake

Ingredients

150g unsalted butter, softened 100g plain chocolate 175g sugar 3 eggs 175g self-raising flour 1 level tsp baking powder 25g cocoa 2 large bananas, peeled and mashed 20 g nuts

Method Heat the oven to 180C/fan. Butter and line the bases of 2 x 450g loaf tins with baking parchment. Melt the chocolate Cream together the softened butter and caster sugar until fluffy. Gradually add the egg, beating well between each addition. Sift together the flour, baking powder and cocoa and fold in using a large spoon. Add the mashed banana and chocolate and nuts and mix. Bake for about 45 minutes. Cool on a rack. Slice it and freeze it covered each slize in foil.