Banana Chocolate Chip Cake
Unearth the joy of baking with our delicious banana chocolate chip cake, a delightful blend of bananas and chocolate chips, topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting. No prior baking skills necessary – join in on the fun!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- Vegetable Oil Spray
- 350 g Plain Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Soda
- 2 tsp Salt (kosher )
- 300 g Sugar
- 200 g Butter (unsalted)
- 100 g Brown Sugar
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 Bananas (mashed and very ripe)
- 200 g Sour Cream
- 150 g Chocolate Chips
- 500 g Peanut Butter
- 200 g Icing Sugar
- 200 g Butter (unsalted)
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 150 g Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- 1
Cake
- 2
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) gas mark 4.
- 3
Coat the cake tins with nonstick spray and line the bottom with parchment paper. (See Note 1).
- 4
In a medium bowl whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- 5
Using an electric whisk, beat the sugar, butter, and brown sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, for about 3 minutes.
- 6
Add the vanilla extract and the eggs one at a time, beating to blend between additions and occasionally scraping down sides and bottom of bowl.
- 7
Add dry ingredients and beat on low speed just to blend.
- 8
Add the bananas and sour cream and gently beat just to blend.
- 9
Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
- 10
Divide batter evenly among both tins.
- 11
Bake the cakes for about 35 minutes in the preheated oven.
- 12
Transfer the cakes to wire racks and let the cakes cool down for 10 minutes.
- 13
Invert the cakes onto the racks and peel off the parchment paper and let cool completely.
- 14
Frosting
- 15
Using an electric whisk, beat the peanut butter, icing sugar, butter, vanilla extract in a medium bowl for 2-3 minutes, until a light and fluffy frosting forms.
- 16
Place 1 cake on a platter and spread part of the frosting over. Place the second cake on top.
- 17
Cover the top and sides of the cake with the remaining frosting.
- 18
Garnish
- 19
Garnish with chocolate chips.
- 20
Cover and chill. Let stand at room temperature for 1 hour before serving.