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Blackout Chocolate Banana Bread

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Blackout Chocolate Banana Bread recipe
Photo by Chelsie Craig, styling by Claire Saffitz

Think of this recipe as a cross between your very favorite banana bread and a crowd-pleasing blackout cake. Whole wheat flour lends a nuttiness to the cake, but feel free to replace it with more all-purpose if that’s what you have on hand.

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