Chocolate & banana cake

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• Sarah

  16 June 2011

  Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I have made this. It's delicious!! And so easy to make, it will be a regular feature in our house!

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• Philb

  16 June 2011

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  Very tasy and easy to make. I found the topping a bit too soft so will try a frosting next time

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• Mika Bertram

  16 June 2011

  Mika Bertram rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is great even without the frosting (that I havent tried, but don´t find very tepting..)and with a good handfull of chopped walnuts added!!! I also used roughly grated desert chocolate instead of the cocolatechips, and i was just delicious, light but very chocolaty!

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• Deborah

  18 June 2011

  Deborah rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This made a really moist and delicious cake - didn't bother with the banana chips though! Next time I might not add the chocolate chunks as all mine sunk to the bottom. Keeps well for a few days if you can resist!

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• Deborah

  18 June 2011

  Deborah commented on this recipe

  Oh and it's excellent for pudding with some vanilla ice cream. Yummy!

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• SHEILA BEDFO

  18 June 2011

  SHEILA BEDFO rated and commented on this recipe

  

  yum made this today came out perfect very east to make

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• littleme61

  20 June 2011

  littleme61 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this yesterday, and it is delicious, I used 2 bananas which weighed the same as the recepe but found the cake tasted more chocolatey than bananary so will use more bananas next time I make it. The topping was also quite runny but lovely all the same, this cake won't be around long!

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• Purple Bottle

  24 June 2011

  Purple Bottle rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this last night and I can thoroughly recommend the topping!! Unfortunately, having recently moved house, I have a different oven which I'm not used to so I ended up grilling it for 15 minutes, slightly charring the top. This also probably had something to do with the fact it took about 2 hours to finish cooking (it also exploded... I can only blame myself. I feel like I've lost my mojo :() It tastes great though, and I shall definitely try it again.

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• schizofish

  27 June 2011

  schizofish rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Yum!!! Did not use the topping and did not have any chocolate chips (cooking on a Sunday, what can I say) but still, this cake was delicious - very moist, very chocolately, not too sweet. Will definitely make again - a really easy and yummy way to use up bananas a bit past their best!

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• Mounses2

  27 June 2011

  Mounses2 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I also didn't bother with the topping as I didn't have soured cream or banana chips in the house. I gave this 5 stars because the oil and banana meant that the cake turned out lovely and moist, while the egg whites meant it was very light. The chocolate taste was lovely and smooth and the texture of the cake was lovely. However, I agree with littleme61- I used the amount of banana specified in the recipe and they were very ripe, but the cake doesnt have any real banana taste at all. I will make again, but use more banana next time.

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• Top Cat

  28 June 2011

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  I am not a fan of bananas, but I thought this cake was delicious. It was easy to make, and went down very well with everyone.

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• Carol M

  02 July 2011

  Carol M commented on this recipe

  Made this a few days ago, very easy to make. I am afraid I would not make it again, to dense and sickly sweet. I tend to make lighter more defined cakes. Each to his own taste so please do not let me put you off.

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• Anelie

  04 July 2011

  Anelie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Fantastic cake recipe! On my second try I used dark chocolate in the topping, which was delicious, and found it cooked better at 170C in my oven. Can recommend it hot out of the oven with ice cream for dessert, too :-)

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• Stephie_Kay

  09 July 2011

  Stephie_Kay rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely lovely and moist. Although I must say and would recommend the changes that I did to it. I only used 2.5-3tbsp of cocoa powder, 200gr of mashed banana and used a mixture of white chocolate and brown chocolate chips. For the topping I overwhipped 150ml of double cream, put it in the fridge while the cake was baking for it to really firm up, and when ready, I folded in 1.5 tbsp of powdered drinking chocolate (I used Nesquick). Easy to do, really delicious. I gave some to the neighbours and they asked for the recipe the next morning.

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• Joanna

  17 July 2011

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  perfect! not too chocolaty as some chocolate cakes can be. Kids loved it and a good way to use up left over banana's.

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• farrah

  22 July 2011

  farrah rated and commented on this recipe

  

  very tasty, I actually made some cup cakes using this recipe, I just reduced the cooking time down to about 40 minutes, lovely and moist!

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• EmmyLou

  23 July 2011

  EmmyLou rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I added a little toffee icecream sauce to the mixture before cooking and it tastes delicious. im so happy i tried it

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• ktb

  24 July 2011

  ktb rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This rocks...i used veg oil and cooked for about an hour though could have prob done with less time. Missed out the banana chips as they are pretty ming and put frosting in the middle. Def going to try this again.

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• Beth

  24 July 2011

  Beth rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I used rapeseed oil. Didn't do the topping, but rose really nicely and has a lovely flavour.

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• Tarryho

  25 July 2011

  Tarryho rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this and like other people didn't realy taste the banana, I'll use more next time It stayed lovey and moist The sour cream topping was different, I had to keep eating it to see if I really did like!

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Ingredients

• 100ml sunflower oil , plus extra to grease
• 175g caster sugar
• 175g self-raising flour
• half tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder
• 100g chocolate chips or chunks
• 175g very ripe bananas
• 3 medium eggs , 2 separated
• 50ml milk

FOR THE TOPPING

• 100g milk chocolate
• 100ml soured cream
• handful dried banana chips, roughly chopped

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MAKES 1 large loaf cake

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 20 mins

Cook 1 hr 15 mins

Freeze un-iced only

Ingredients

• 100ml sunflower oil , plus extra to grease
• 175g caster sugar
• 175g self-raising flour
• half tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder
• 100g chocolate chips or chunks
• 175g very ripe bananas
• 3 medium eggs , 2 separated
• 50ml milk

FOR THE TOPPING

• 100g milk chocolate
• 100ml soured cream
• handful dried banana chips, roughly chopped

PER SLICE

502 kcalories, protein 7g, carbohydrate 63g, fat 27 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 2g, sugar 43g, salt 0.51 g

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