Marbled Banana Bundt Cake

What do you do with ripe bananas.....you bake them! This double chocolate banana cake is so sweet and so good for any breakfast or evening treat. When I feel like I haven't had a banana in a while, rather than peeling one back and eating it, I peel 4 back and throw them in a cake! For the longest time, I had stuck with a simple cinnamon banana bread, but I decided it was time for something new, and something chocolate. Out came this cake! Although, it still holds a banana bread texture and a strong banana flavor, it is a great little mix up from the usually loaf bake! Try it out and see what you think!

Ingredients:

1 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup packed brown sugar (light or dark)

10 1/2 tablespoons butter, slightly melted

3 large eggs

4 large, ripe bananas

2 tablespoons milk (2%, fat free, soy, almond, etc.)

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1- 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder

2 3/4 cup all purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Chocolate chips (for topping)

Directions: Yield 1 large bundt cake

-Preheat oven to 325 F degrees

-Generously spray your bundt pan with cooking spray

-In a large bowl, mix together sugars and butter

- Mix in eggs, one at a time, until well combined

-At once, add in flour, baking powder, and baking soda to egg mixture

-In a separate bowl, mash together bananas and milk, until no large banana pieces remain and mixture is liquid-like

-Fold banana mixture into flour/egg mixture and stir until well combined

-Separate batter in half into two bowls

-In one bowl, mix in cocoa powder. In the other bowl, mix in vanilla.

-Switch between batters, scooping spoonfuls into the pan, one after the other, leaving you white, brown, white, brown....

-Using a spatula or spreader, lightly swirl the different colored batters together for a marbled look

-Continue this process layering batter on top of previous layers, until all batter has been used

-Use a spatula to even out the top of the batter smoothly

- Cover the top of the batter with chocolate chips, or mix chips into batter

-Place in oven and bake for 50-55 minutes (until a toothpick can be inserted and comes out clean)

-Let cool in pan for 10-20 minutes, then turn out onto cooling rack and let cool another 10-15 minutes

-Enjoy!