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Chocolate Banana Cake

Mar 18, 2018 · 1 Comment

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Moist and rich Chocolate Banana Cake topped with the most heavenly, to-die-for chocolate frosting makes a decadent but easy dessert that everyone will love! You'll be licking the frosting out of the pan! It's so good!

Moist and rich Chocolate Banana Cake topped with the most heavenly, to-die-for chocolate frosting makes a decadent but easy dessert that everyone will love! You'll be licking the frosting out of the pan! It's so good!

Chocolate Banana Cake

We had a brief moment in time a while back where my kids suddenly didn't like bananas anymore. Which is awful after you just bought two huge bunches of them and now they'll just go bad! So I did what any desperate, I mean brilliant, mom would do and made chocolate cake with them. And I won that battle because my kids really couldn't get enough bananas in this chocolatey and decadent Chocolate Banana Cake.

It. Is. Good. And don't even get me started on the frosting.  It's the same chocolate frosting I use in my chocolate Texas sheet cake, and it is to-die-for. So rich and decadent. I love it, and honestly, I usually don't even like chocolate that much! You will just never taste anything like it!

To frost the cake, you don't need to wait to for it to cool all the way.  I usually pull the cake out of the oven, and then start on frosting, which you pour onto the cake while the frosting is too hot. The frosting will just set on the cake, and then when they're both cool and set, you're ready to dig in! Enjoy!

Moist and rich Chocolate Banana Cake topped with the most heavenly, to-die-for chocolate frosting makes a decadent but easy dessert that everyone will love! You'll be licking the frosting out of the pan! It's so good!

Chocolate Banana Cake Recipe

Moist and rich Chocolate Banana Cake topped with the most heavenly, to-die-for chocolate frosting makes a decadent but easy dessert that everyone will love! You'll be licking the frosting out of the pan! It's so good!

Chocolate Banana Cake

Moist and rich Chocolate Banana Cake topped with the most heavenly, to-die-for chocolate frosting makes a decadent but easy dessert that everyone will love! You'll be licking the frosting out of the pan! It's so good!
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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 16
Calories: 519kcal
Author: Michelle
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Ingredients

  • ¾ cup butter room temperature
  • 1¾ cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1¼ cups mashed bananas about 2-3 very ripe bananas
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¾ cup cocoa
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup buttermilk

For the frosting

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 pound powdered sugar about 3 to 4 cups
  • ¾ cup cocoa powder
  • ⅓ cup cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Add butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and cream together until light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs and beat again.
  • Mix in banana and vanilla.
  • In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 parts, alternately with buttermilk. Begin and end with flour.
  • Spread in a lightly greased 9"x13" baking dish
  • Bake in oven about 33-40 minutes, until cooked through and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool completely.

Directions for Frosting:

  • In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar, and cocoa powder until well blended and smooth.
  • Increase mixer speed and continue beating for another 3 mins.
  • Pour in cream and vanilla and continue beating until combined and creamy. If you feel the consistency is still too thick, add one more tablespoon of cream and beat again. Repeat until it reaches your desired consistency.
  • Spread frosting over cooled chocolate banana cake.

Nutrition

Serving: 1piece | Calories: 519kcal | Carbohydrates: 85g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 348mg | Potassium: 261mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 66g | Vitamin A: 620IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 1.7mg
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Moist and rich Chocolate Banana Cake topped with the most heavenly, to-die-for chocolate frosting makes a decadent but easy dessert that everyone will love! You'll be licking the frosting out of the pan! It's so good!

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  1. Susan says

    July 21, 2018 at 11:28 am

    You had me at chocolate + banana! Then came the hot icing! So good!

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