Banana Chocolate Chip Cake
photo by Krista Roes
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
1 two-layer cake
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, cut in 1/4 chunks
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large bananas (very ripe)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3⁄4 cup plain yogurt or 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 3⁄4 cup chopped pecans (optional)
directions
- Process butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla for 2 minutes, scraping down bowl once or twice.
- While machine is running, drop chunks of bananas through the feed tube. Process until blended ( I mash my bananas before hand).
- Meanwhile, dissolve baking soda in yoghurt or sour cream. Let is stand for l to two minutes Yoghurt will nearly double in size, so use a 2 Celsius measuring cup.
- Add to batter and process for 3 seconds.
- Add flour and baking powder.
- Process with 4 quick on/off turns, just until flour mixture disappears.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Bake in 2 greased and floured 8 inches pans for 25-30 minutes at 350°F
- (I also use waxed paper on the bottom of the pans - just cut a circle for the bottom - it makes it easier to take the cake out ) or until cake tester come out clean.
- Cool for 10 minute
- Remove from pan.
- Cool before icing.
- Butter Icing.
- ------------------.
- 1/4 cup butter.
- dash of salt.
- 2 cups icing sugar.
- 2-3 tablespoons hot milk or cream.
- 1 teaspoons vanilla.
- 2/3 cup cocoa plus 4 more tablespoons butter.
- Combine all ingred. and process until smooth and blended Ice the cool cakes.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jaeumll P.
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