Chocolate Banana Bread

1 1/4 Cups unbleached all purpose flour shopping list
3/4 Cup cocoa powder shopping list
1 1/2 Tsp baking soda shopping list
3/4 tsp salt shopping list
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, plus more for smearing in loaf pans shopping list
1 1/2 Cups sugar shopping list
3 eggs, lightly beaten shopping list
6 very ripe bananas, mashed shopping list
1/2 Cup shredded coconut shopping list
1 Cup sour cream shopping list
Optional: add chocolate chips to the mixture or some chopped dried cherries

Position racks in center of oven and preheat to 400. Smear two 5 x 9 loaf pans with butter and dust with flour.
Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt together in a medium size bowl.
In a separate bowl, cream cream butter and sugar using a high speed handmixer until creamy and fluffy and mixture is a light lemon color.
With the mixer now on low, beat in the eggs, banana and coconut at low speed for a few minutes.

Stir half of the sour cream into the wet ingredients with a wooden spoon. Fold in the dry ingredients. Add remaining sour cream and stir until all are combined.
Use a spatula and pour mixture into the two loaf pans.

Bake at 70 to 75 minutes, but check frequently depending on your oven. (toothpick test)
Remove from oven and set on wire rack to cool.