Banana Bread

1: Pre-heat the oven to 180C and grease and line a 2lb loaf tin.

2: Put the peeled bananas in a bowl with the sugar, vanilla, and salt and mix into a purée.

3: Beat in the melted coconut oil to incorporate.

4: Whisk in the eggs until everything is thoroughly mixed together.

5: Sift over the flour and bicarbonate of soda and fold this into the mixture along with the desiccated coconut, saving some to scatter on at the end.

6: Stir through the chopped dark chocolate.

7: Transfer the mixture into your prepared tin and level off the surface.

8: Scatter over the remaining coconut.

9: Bake for approximately 1 hour, checking after 50 minutes until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

10: Cool in the tin and then use the parchment to transfer to a board or serving plate.

11: Slice and enjoy.