Chocolate Bottom Banana Squares

Ingredients

• 113g butter, unsalted
• 80g sugar, depending on banana used (sugar reduced)
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 bananas, mashed ( about 220g)
• 180g plain/cake flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 25g-30g cocoa powder
• Chocolate chips, optional

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Drizzle in the egg, vanilla extract and mashed bananas. Beat till creamy.
3. Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda together and fold in 3 separate batches. Mix well with a spatula.
4. Divide the batter into half. Add the cocoa powder to one portion of the batter.
5. Pour the chocolate batter into a greased/lined 7 inch square baking. Using a spatula, spread the layer evenly.
6. Spread the remaining plain batter on top the cocoa batter and sprinkle with chocolate chips.
7. Bake in pre-heated oven at 180 deg C for 25-30mins (I baked mine @ 180C /350F for 20 mins, reduce temperature to 150C /300F and bake for another 5 mins).