This chocolate banana cake with the twist of choc chips is a real hit.  It is a little naughty so everything in moderation. yeah right!   You may like to ice it with chocolate icing using our basic icing recipe.  It will store well in an airtight container for 3-4 days, but will freeze well too (iced and all).

 

October 10, 2019
  • 5m
  • 35m
  • 40m
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Ingredients

  • 130 g coconut oil (or butter)
  • 100 g raw sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 overripe banana
  • 250 g self-raising flour (gluten-free works well)
  • 1 tbsp. cacao powder
  • 50 g milk
  • 100 g dark chocolate chips

Instructions

Thermal Cooking Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease and flour a round cake tin.
  2. Place coconut oil (or butter) and sugar into mixing jug and mix 20 seconds/speed 4.
  3. Add egg and mix for 5 seconds/speed 4.
  4. Add bananas and mix for 5 seconds/speed 4.
  5. Add flour, cacao and milk and mix for 10 seconds/speed 4. Scrape and repeat if needed.
  6. Add choc chips and stir through using a spatula.
  7. Pour into your cake tin and bake for approximately 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Ice with our basic icing recipe (link above).

Traditional Cooking Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease and flour a round cake tin (mine was one with a hole in the middle but a plain round one will be fine).
  2. Place coconut oil (or butter) and sugar into bowl and mix with electric beaters until pale and creamy.
  3. Add egg and mix for 5 seconds/medium speed.
  4. Add bananas and mix for 5 seconds/medium speed.
  5. Add flour, cacao and milk and mix for 10 seconds/medium speed. Scrape and repeat if needed.
  6. Add choc chips and stir through using a spatula.
  7. Pour into your cake tin and bake for approximately 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Ice with our basic icing recipe (link above).

Nutrition

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