Easy Chocolate Banana Snacking Cake

Fork and a slice of Chocolate Banana Cake on a plate.

4.75 from 4 votes

Easy Chocolate Banana Snacking Cake

This chocolate banana cake is seriously one of those recipes that works for any time of day. It’s super moist with just the right sweetness, thanks to ripe bananas and cocoa powder. Sometimes I serve it as a snack, sometimes as breakfast with a smear of butter, and other times with whipped cream or crème fraîche for dessert.

Prep Time15

Cook Time35

Cooling time10

Total Time1

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: People

Author: Katie Workman

Cost: $10

Equipment

Electric Mixer

Ingredients

1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
⅓ cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter (softened)
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 large ripe bananas (well mashed)
½ cup semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Butter a 9-inch square or round cake tin.
In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars with an electric mixer. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Mix in the vanilla, then beat in the mashed banana.
Turn the flour mixture into the banana mixture in two batches and stir until just blended. Mix in the chocolate chips.
Scrape the batter into the pan, smooth the top, and bake for about 35 minutes, until a wooden skewer either comes out clean or with a little bit of melted chocolate from the chips. The top of the cake should feel springy but firm.
Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn the cake out of the pan and finish cooling upright on the wire rack.

Notes

This was also the first time I realized a cake could be a breakfast food, a snack food, or an anytime-of-day cake. This was a very good discovery. In Dinner Solved, there is a Berry Coffee Cake, which is another any-time-of-day cake. A dollop of whipped cream or a sprinkle of powdered sugar can also turn an anytime-of-day cake into a dessert. Try whipped chocolate ganache for another topping option!

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