Another Chocolate Banana Cake

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

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

Instructions
 

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