Double Chocolate Banana Cake

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Double chocolate banana cake is a tasty way to eat fruit and cake. The cake so moist and delicious with 2 layers of chocolate.

Double Chocolate Banana Cake

I have a love/hate relationship with bananas. Bananas are such a sweet fruit that you have to be in the mood for but the window for eating them at the perfect ripeness is a science like picking the right avocado.

When at the store, I grab a bunch of 5-7 bananas for the family. We slowly eat them through the week and by the end of the week I have 2-3 brown bananas and now the kids will not eat them because they are “bad” because of the brown, soft spots.

Now that the weather is warming up, I try not to buy bananas or try and use them within a day or 2 so that I don’t get invaded by swarms of fruit flies. Nothing worse than sitting down to a meal and having little fruit flies around your head and food.

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Step by Step Instructions:

How to Make Double Chocolate Banana Cake

First, preheat oven to 350°F and gather all of the ingredients.

Double Chocolate Banana Cake ingredients

Cover a 10″x7″ baking dish with a piece of parchment or grease. you can also use a 9″x9″ baking dish.

Next, put softened butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat until creamy.

Butter and sugar

Next, add 1 egg and the vanilla extract, then mix.

Peel the bananas and beat into the mixture. Then set aside.
Tip: If your bananas are brown and super ripe then you can beat them into the mixture, if you are using yellow bananas then you might have to puree them before mixing into batter.

In a new bowl mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt

Slowly introduce the dry bowl into the creamed butter bowl, mix until smooth.

Next, divide the batter equally into 2 bowls.

In one bowl, add cocoa powder and mix until fully incorporated.

Double Chocolate Banana Cake cocoa batter in mixing bowl

Spread the cocoa powder batter across the greased pan or parchment paper.

Double Chocolate Banana Cake cocoa batter in pan

Spread remaining bowl of batter on top of the cocoa batter.
Tip: you can choose to layer the cake or make swirls in the batter for a different look.

Sprinkle the top with the desired amount of chocolate chips. I used ½ cup.

Double Chocolate Banana Cake batter with chocolate chips on top

Bake at 350°F for 27-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Double Chocolate Banana Cake fresh out of the oven

Let the cake cool completely before cutting and digging in.

Double Chocolate Banana Cake completed
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Double Chocolate Banana Cake

Double chocolate banana cake is a tasty way to eat fruit and cake. The chocolate makes the cake
so moist and delicious.
Course Dessert
Keyword bake, Banana, Chocolate, dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Cooling 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 Medium Bananas
  • ½ Cup Softened Butter
  • 1 Cup White Sugar
  • 1 Large Egg
  • 1½ Cup All Purpose Flour
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • ¼ Cup Cocoa Powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • ½ Cup Chocolate Chips

Instructions

  • First, preheat oven to 350°F and gather all of the ingredients.
  • Grease a 10"x7" or 9"x9" baking dish or cover with parchment paper.
  • Next, put softened butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat until creamy.
  • Add 1 egg and vanilla extract, then mix.
  • Peel the bananas and beat into the mixture. Then set the bowl aside.
  • In a new bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  • Slowly introduce the dry bowl into the creamed butter bowl, mix until smooth.
  • Divide the batter equally into 2 bowls.
  • In one bowl, add cocoa powder and mix until fully incorporated.
  • Spread the cocoa powder batter across the greased pan or parchment paper.
  • Spread remaining bowl of batter on top of the cocoa batter.
  • Sprinkle the top with the desired amount of chocolate chips.
  • Bake at 350°F for 27-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let the cake cool completely before digging in.

15 thoughts on “Double Chocolate Banana Cake”

  14. Sounds delicious. I have recently been forbidden from buying bananas because my husband blamed me for what you aptly identify as “eating them at the perfect ripeness is a science” instead of “not knowing how to pick bananas”. And we do end up with over-ripe ones so this is great. Thank you.

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