Recipe information
Ingredients for - Bitter Chocolate, Lavender, and Banana Tea Loaf
6. Grated fresh orange zest - 2 teaspoons
12. Chopped bitter chocolate - ½ cup
13. Dried lavender flowers - 1 teaspoon
14. Coarse sugar for decorating (Optional) - 1 tablespoon
How to cook deliciously - Bitter Chocolate, Lavender, and Banana Tea Loaf
1. Stage
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 5x9-inch loaf pan and line with parchment paper.
2. Stage
Beat banana, sugar, butter, and shortening together until smooth; mix in eggs. Stir fresh orange zest, dried orange peel, nutmeg, and vanilla extract into mixture. Gradually stir flour into moist ingredients. Fold chocolate and lavender into batter. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle coarse sugar crystals over batter.
3. Stage
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour.