Banana Chocolate Cake

Recipe: Banana Chocolate Cake

This Banana Chocolate Cake is moist, fudge like,  decadent dessert. The tropical flavour of ripe sweet  bananas blends well with the deep, comforting cocoa flavour. The best part is that this is completely egg free. Yes no eggs used. I like to add orange zest to give this cake a citrusy flavour. In fact, I have baked this cake countless times for birthdays of family members.

Memories

April is full of birthdays and anniversaries. Last weekend we celebrated my hubby’s uncle’s (mamaji) 77th birthday. I baked this  cake for his birthday. It had to be eggless as mamaji is a total vegetarian, no eggs or meat or fish. I had loads of over ripe bananas and thought of using them up. Hot weather means bananas do not stay good for too long. I thought of using butter icing and then changed my mind as I thought a 77 year old man deserves a more classy cake. He wanted to serve ice cream as dessert so mamiji requested for a cake that could be served with ice cream. I decided to drizzle the cake with some chocolate ganache. The Banana Chocolate Cake tasted absolutely delicious with vanilla ice cream.

Redoing An Old Post

I posted the recipe for Banana Chocolate Cake, the egg free version on 21/04/2015. At that time, I didn’t get the chance to take more photos of the bake. Had only one photo. While redoing this old post, I couldn’t use the bundt pan as I don’t have it anymore. The quality of water back in Mombasa was so bad that the pan got rusted. I do want a bundt pan but they tend to be pretty expensive, at least the better quality ones. Maybe one day will just go ahead and buy it or wait for a sale. I decided to bake the cake in a normal round cake tin.

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All Purpose Flour

Also known as plain flour. Best way to measure with a cup is to spoon the flour into the cup and level it off, rather than scooping with it.

Sugar

For this cake I like to use brown sugar. However, you can use white granulated sugar instead.

Cocoa Powder

We need unsweetened cocoa powder for this recipe.

Baking Soda

As the leavening agent. Also known as Soda Bicarbonate.

Banana

Best to use over ripe bananas the ones where the skin starts to turn black. They tend to be at their sweetest. We need 1 cup mashed banana which is about 2 large bananas. I always freeze over ripe bananas for bakes and smoothies. Don’t throw them away.

Vanilla Extract

Add some for flavour.

Salt

Add about ¼ tsp to bring out the flavours of the other ingredients.

Oil | Melted Butter

I like to use neutral smelling oil like canola or sunflower oil. Or you can opt for melted butter. Oil allows the cake to stay moist for a longer time.

Hot Water

We need hot water for this cake recipe. Since it is an egg free cake, it helps to gelatinize the starch in the flour, helps the crumb to be moist. Also it helps to bloom the cocoa powder and intensifies its flavour.

Milk | Juice

In addition to hot water we add either milk or fresh orange juice in this recipe.

Orange Zest

Orange and chocolate go hand in hand. I love adding orange zest for flavour. Whenever I need to squeeze fresh oranges, I first peel the skin, without the white part. And then I process them in a spice blender. Any extra zest is stored in a ziplock or air tight container in the freezer. Ideal for cakes, cookies, muffins, smoothies, pancakes, etc.

Nuts

For this cake I prefer using either pecans or walnuts. We need about ½ cup coarsely chopped nuts.

Chocolate Chips

About ½ cup chocolate chips, Can use either dark or milk chocolate ones.

EGGLESS BANANA CHOCOLATE CAKE

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This Banana Chocolate Cake is moist, fudge like, decadent dessert. The tropical flavour of ripe sweet  bananas blends well with the deep, comforting cocoa flavour. The best part is that this is completely egg free. Yes no eggs used. I like to add orange zest to give this cake a citrusy flavour.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Tea Time

Cuisine International

Servings 8

Ingredients

  

FOR THE CAKE

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1½ tsp baking soda
• ½ cup walnuts or pecans chopped
• ½ cup chocolate chips
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ cup oil or melted butter
• 1 cup hot water
• ½ cup fresh orange juice or milk
• 1 tbsp grated orange zest
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana

FOR THE TOPPING

• Can add chocolate ganache
• Or extra nuts and chocolate chips
• Or Chocolate Butter Icing
• Or Whipped Fresh Cream

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 175°C.
• Grease a 8  or 9 inch round cake tin with butter and dust it with some flour or cocoa powder.
• Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt together into a bowl. Add walnuts or pecans  and chocolate chips.Mix well.
• In another mixing bowl, add mashed banana, hot water, orange juice, sugar and oil.
• Whisk the liquid mixture.
• Add the flour mixture to the liquid mixture and mix just enough till the flour is wet. Do not over mix.
• The batter will be liquidy.
• Pour the batter into the prepared tin.
• I added some pecans and chocolate chips on top.
• Place it in the oven and bake for 35-40 minutes or until it is done.
• Insert a skewer into the cake. If it comes out clean the cake is done.
• Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
• Remove the cake from the pan and place it on a wire rack to let it cool completely.

Notes

• Top the cake with some chocolate ganache, whipped fresh cream or butter icing.
• Add nuts of your choice. Can replace the nuts with more chocolate chips or glazed cherries.
• Don't be in a hurry to remove the cake from the baking tin as it can break. Allow it to cool down for 10-15 minutes.

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