Another Chocolate Banana Cake

21 Feb 2001   | Afternoon Tea · Dessert

Although we’ve got our favourite recipe for Chocolate Banana Cake we occasionally try new variations. This recipe starts with coffee – which to this coffee lover is no bad thing.
 

Another Chocolate Banana Cake

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 teaspoon coffee or expresso coffee
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 150 grams butter
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
  • 4 big eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown demerara sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 100 ml sour cream
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 6 small bananas mashed
  • 200 grams dark chocolate chunks
  • 2-3 tablespoons Sugar

Method
 

    2. Preheat oven to 165º C.
  3. Heat coffee, cocoa, butter and milk on hob at medium heat until smooth cream.
  5. Remove from heat.
  7. Add vanilla to mixture.
  9. Leave to cool.
  11. Beat eggs, sugar and salt in a bowl for 10 minutes until frothy.
  13. Slow beater speed.
  15. Add cream of cocoa milk to mixture.
  17. Keep beating.
  19. Add sour cream and flour to mixture and keep beating.
  21. Add baking powder and baking soda to mixture and keep beating.
  23. Beat until blended.
  25. Add bananas and chocolate to mixture and mix in.
  27. Grease a 28 cm ring tin or two loaf tins
  29. Sprinkle 2-3 tablespoons sugar onto greased surfaces of baking tin(s).
  31. Pour mixture into tin(s).
  33. Bake at 165º C; 50-60 minutes in a ring tin and 40-45 minutes in loaf tins
  35. Cool for 15 minutes on a rack.

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