BANANA CHOCOLATE-CHIP TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a fluted 10-cup Bundt pan. Using an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar until very soft, pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs one by one, then vanilla.
• Add mashed bananas; batter may look speckled and grainy. Add flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add buttermilk, and mix until smooth. Fold in chocolate morsels.
• Scrape batter into Bundt pan. Place pan on baking sheet in oven and bake until a tester inserted into cake comes out clean (except for melted chocolate), about 45 minutes.
• Cool cake in pan for about 10 minutes, then unmold onto a serving plate. Allow to cool another 15 minutes, then dust with confectioners' sugar passed through a fine mesh sieve. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.