Nigel's chocolate muscovado banana cake from The Kitchen Diaries II (page 119) by Nigel Slater

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  • Chefalisha on April 25, 2026

    Delicious, husband said it was the best banana bread he has ever had. I used dark chocolate chunks to save time. Took 15 minutes longer.

  • Lilyinthevalley on August 21, 2020

    Lovely cake, I used dark Muscovado sugar so the colour was darker than in the photo, but it tasted delicious. It took a full 30 minutes extra to cook through though.

  • Jane on April 15, 2020

    A lovely banana bread - very moist, not overly sweet. I couldn’t get muscovado sugar so used dark brown.

  • joneshayley on February 05, 2019

    Beautiful cake - moist and tasty. The cake took an extra 20 minutes in my oven, and the banana and chocolate ratio is perfect - neither overwhelms the other. Lovely for picnics and packed lunches, or with a cup of tea.

  • Astrid5555 on March 04, 2017

    A little bit too grown-up tasting for the kids, maybe because of the 70% chocolate I used, but the adults enjoyed it very much. Reduced the sugar to 200g, still sweet enough. As Zosia mentioned subtle banana flavor that is not overwhelmed by the chocolate. The loaf was done 5 minutes earlier than indicated in the recipe.

  • Zosia on May 13, 2015

    Moist and buttery loaf with a soft crumb and excellent banana flavour that isn't overwhelmed by the chocolate. I recommend weighing the bananas as my 3 medium came up 80g short. Fortunately, I had a stash in the freezer to make up the balance. The loaf took 20 minutes longer to bake in my oven (to reach internal temp of 200F).

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