Double Chocolate Banana Cake
| PREP TIME: 60 MIN | COOK TIME: 30 MIN | TOTAL TIME: 90 |
So delicious and super easy to make this cake can be a birthday cake, anniversary cake or a just because cake any day of the week!
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
- 1 Cups Flour
- 1 Cups Sugar
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 3/4 Cup Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 Cup Mashed Banana
- 1/2 Cup Butter Milk
- 1/3 Cup Strong Coffee ( I used Folgers Black Silk)
- 1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 Large Eggs
- 2 Tsp Vanilla
Chocolate Ganache
- 2/3 Cup Milk Chocolate Chips
- 2/3 Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
- 2/3 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
Instructions
Chocolate Cake
- Assure all wet ingredients are room temp so the batter comes together.
- Preheat oven to 350F and prepare 1-8" pan with non stick spray and parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk together the, cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl add the sugar, mashed banana, oil, vanilla, eggs, coffee and buttermilk.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Whisk well until everything is combined well. It is a runny batter.
- Pour your batter into prepared pans
- Bake for about 25-30 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean.
- Allow the cake to cool completely.
Chocolate Ganache
- On a microwave safe bowl add the chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream.
- Heat in 35 second intervals mixing inbetween until fully melted and combined.
- This happens relatively quick should only take about 3 intervals.
- Allow the ganache to cool outside of the fridge for about 1-3 hours.
- It should be set, cool and smooth.
Assembling
- Carefully cut the dome of the cake so you're working with an even layer.
- Top the cake with the ganache and I added some milk chocolate curls by carefully shaving the sides of a milk chocolate bar with a pealer.
- Add nuts or crushed cookies what ever your heart desires.
TIPS
- Your wet ingredients should always be room temp I cannot stress this enough. Is so that everything incorporates well!
- Cake can be stored in the fridge covered for 5 days.
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