This Banana Cake with a dark chocolate topping is utterly divine. A great way to use up over-ripe bananas.
NB: It was my birthday yesterday and rather than make a traditional birthday cake I decided to make my mum’s Banana Cake and thought I’d update the photographs on this post at the same time.
I barely had 10 minutes before I needed to take the cake over to my parents so it was a bit of a rushed affair. I also have a slight confession, I misread the recipe and ended up putting 200g of butter in the cake instead of 115g!
I did think it was a lot of butter when I was folding in the melted butter.
However, everyone still really enjoyed the it so I got away with it.
Hence, when you make this cake it will look lighter and airier! So back to the original post…..
This is the best banana cake I’ve ever had and my mother has been baking it since I was a child. Scribbled on a slip of paper the original source is long forgotten.
Many other banana cakes were tried over the years but none of them ever came close to this one.
For some reason (probably weight watching) I hadn’t baked this cake for many years and when my children saw it, with its glossy chocolate topping they had to have it before it had set.
This made it even more delicious and I soon had them begging me for another slice!
More recipes to use up ripe bananas!
- Spelt Banana Bread
- Vegan Banana Cake
- Chocolate & Banana Nut Cake
- Sticky Banana Ginger Cake
- Blueberry, Banana and White Chocolate Muffins
- Leftover Pastry Banana Nutella Pinwheels
- Banana Pudding
- Banana & Chocolate Quesadilla
- Banoffee Curd
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Banana Cake
Ingredients
- 3 Eggs large
- 200 g / 7oz Golden castor sugar
- 2 tsp Vanilla sugar
- 140 g / 5oz Plain flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 115 g / 4 oz Butter melted and cooled
- 1 ripe Banana or 1.5 black bananas mashed
For Topping
- 100 g / 3.5 oz Dark chocolate
- Knob of butter
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 175ºC.
- Grease and flour a loaf tin (dimensions 21.6 cm wide, 11.4 cm deep, 5.5 cm height).
- Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla sugar until pale and foamy.
- Blend flour and baking powder together and fold into mixture alternately with melted butter.
- Then fold in the mashed banana.
- Put in a loaf tin and cook in the centre of the oven for about 50 minutes or until the cake springs back when prodded.
- Leave to cool for a few minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack to fully cool.
- Make the chocolate topping by melting the chocolate and butter in a small glass bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring until melted.
- Scrape the chocolate out of the bowl and onto the cake with a spatula.
- Use a palette knife to spread the chocolate evenly over cake.
- Allow to set (we have never managed to wait this long though)!
Jacqueline Meldrum
That looks heavenly Camilla. I’d love a slice of that. Like now, right now! Sharing this!
Camilla
Thanks Jacs, it is my favourite Banana Cake:-)
Ceri Jones
Love this. Everyone has to have a fail safe banana cake or loaf recipe! Yours looks fab Camilla
Camilla
Well it’s certainly fail safe, you can even put too much butter in and it still works:-)
Janice
That’s a great recipe for when you only have the ONE banana that needs using. I love the chocolate topping too, really delicious
Camilla
Thanks Janice, yes one very ripe banana is all it needs-)
Candace
Just love banana cake but I’ve never put chocolate on before. Certainly will next time
Camilla
Thanks Candace, the chocolate really makes this cake-)
Lynne OConnor
Looks amazing. I’ve got some bananas that need using up
Camilla
Excellent Lynne, do let me know what you think!
amy fidler
Love Banana cake,gonna try your recipe xx
Camilla
Excellent;-)
Jane Davies
This looks great, love a good ole banana cake x
tiggerific1973
This looks amazing! I will try it very soon x
Camilla
Thanks, hope you enjoy it:-)
Kirsty
That looks gorgeous, can’t wait to try it out!
Camilla
Thank you Kirsty:-)
William Gould
Ooo yet another yummy cake bookmarked/1