1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C and line a small baking loaf pan.
2. In a bowl cream butter and sugar till creamy.
3. Mash bananas with a fork until the consistency of chunky applesauce and add them to the batter along with 2 eggs and vanilla essence, mixing until blended.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups of flour, cinnamon powder, 1 tsp of baking soda and 1/2 tsp of salt then add to batter.
5. Fold in the nuts and chocolate. Pour into lined loaf tin and top with your sliced cinnamon sugar coated banana slices.
6. Bake for 55 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Let the banana loaf rest for 15 minutes before removing from tin to cool on a wire rack.
7. Once cooled enjoy with soft butter and some peanut butter.

Healthier Options:

• Make this into a honey banana bread, replacing sugar with honey.
• Use organic whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose flour.
• Reduce sugar to maybe 1/2 cup if your bananas are very ripe