Description
Moist banana chocolate chip cake reflects pure comfort from grandma’s kitchen. Sweet notes of ripe bananas and rich chocolate create a delightful dessert you’ll savor with pure pleasure.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 ripe bananas
- 125 g (4.4 oz) chocolate chips (dark or milk)
- 100 g (3.5 oz) whole eggs (about 2 eggs)
- 225 g (7.9 oz) flour
- 120 g (4.2 oz) muscovado sugar
- 50 g (1.8 oz) brown sugar
- 1 packet vanilla sugar
- 1 tsp liquid vanilla extract
- 115 g (4.1 oz) soft butter
- 5 g (0.2 oz) baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat: Set oven to 160°C (320°F), preparing a perfectly calibrated baking environment for the cake.
- Cream Base: Whip soft butter with muscovado, brown, and vanilla sugars using an electric mixer until the mixture transforms into a light, pale, and smooth consistency.
- Combine Wet Ingredients: Integrate liquid vanilla and eggs into the butter mixture, ensuring thorough incorporation to develop a harmonious batter.
- Banana Integration: Mash ripe bananas into a rustic puree and gently fold into the batter, distributing their rich, natural sweetness throughout the mixture.
- Dry Ingredient Preparation: Sift flour and baking powder together, then fold in chocolate chips to guarantee even distribution and prevent ingredient clustering.
- Batter Finalization: Delicately merge dry ingredients with the banana mixture, stirring minimally to preserve the cake’s potential for a light, tender crumb.
- Pan Preparation and Baking: Transfer batter to a prepared loaf pan, creating a center line with an oil-coated knife, then bake for 50 minutes until a knife inserted comes out clean and dry.
- Moisture Enhancement: Craft a sugar syrup by boiling water and sugar, then brush generously over the hot cake to amplify moisture and depth of flavor.
- Finishing Touches: Optionally wrap the warm cake in cling film to seal in moisture, then drizzle melted chocolate across the surface using a piping bag or ziplock technique.
- Serving: Offer the cake warm for melting chocolate chips or cooled for a more structured dessert experience, presenting a versatile and indulgent treat.
Notes
- Banana Ripeness Matters: Use overripe bananas with dark spots for maximum sweetness and deeper flavor development.
- Mixing Technique: Minimize stirring when combining dry and wet ingredients to prevent gluten formation, ensuring a tender cake texture.
- Temperature Control: Let ingredients reach room temperature before mixing to create a smoother, more consistent batter and promote even baking.
- Moisture Preservation: Wrap the cake while warm to lock in moisture, preventing it from drying out and maintaining its soft, delectable crumb.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 298
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 130mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 41g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 80mg