Double Chocolate Banana Cake with Chocolate Frosting
Light and fluffy chocolate frosting tops a moist chocolate banana cake. I love a mild flavoured banana cake, so the combination of chocolate creates a fabulous bake! This comes together really easily, and the banana cake recipe is super simple and delicious in itself!
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Servings: 9
Ingredients
- 110 g Unsalted Butter Melted
- 2 Medium Bananas Mashed
- 75 g Light Brown Sugar
- 50 g Granulated Sugar
- 1 Medium Free Range Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 200 g Plain Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 30 g Milk Chocolate Melted
- 3 tsp Cocoa Powder
For the Frosting
- 110 g Unsalted Butter Softened
- 300 g Icing Sugar
- 25 g Dark Chocolate Melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Line an 8" square baking tin.
- In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Then add the butter, both sugars and the egg (ensure the butter has cooled a little so the egg doesn’t cook). Mix until combined.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and melted milk chocolate. Fold everything together until combined.
- Pour into the lined tin and bake for 35-40 minutes, until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack.
- Make the frosting in a large bowl, combine the butter, melted chocolate and half the icing sugar - using an electric whisk on high. Gradually add the remaining icing sugar until thick and smooth. Spread over the cake. Add any optional decorations !Slice and serve!