Chocolate Bottom Banana Squares

This is for you, CT.  I hope you will enjoy it as much as my family did :-)

An overdose on chocolate chips.  My kids reminded me not to use so much chocolate chips next time.

This recipe yields a very soft and moist cake.  Too moist if you ask me but it taste perfect when the cake is chilled.

Chocolate-Bottom Banana Squares
Adapted from Hearty Bakes

Ingredients
113g butter, unsalted
80g sugar, depending on banana used (sugar reduced)
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract (I omit)
3 bananas, mashed (mine was 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


Method

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 for 20 mins, reduce temperature to 150C and bake for another 5 mins).