"What do you do when you have some overripe bananas sitting on the countertop? A banana cake of course! My friend GP came over just a few weeks ago to make banana bread for her mum, and it’s super delicious and soft, she was using her Thermomix recipe. I tweaked her recipe slightly as I do not have Thermomix. and I wanted it less sweet as well, so substituting the sugar with Monk fruit brown sweetener."
Banana Cake with Chocolate Chips
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Prep time 30mins
Cook time 1hr
Serves or Makes: 6
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ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 80 g Monk fruit brown sweetener
- 100 ml vegetable oil
- 3 bananas
- 150 g cake flour
- 1 teasp vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoo baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 tablesp chocolate chips
Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 160°C / 320°F (convection oven), 175°C / 347°F (conventional oven). Line load tin with baking paper.
Step 2
Mash 200g or 3 bananas. Optional for decoration: use 1 more banana and slice thinly for top decoration on the cake.
Step 3
Put 3 large eggs (room temperature), 80-150g Monk fruit brown sweetener (or sugar, season to taste) into food mixer with whisk attachment, and mix at high speed until ribbon stage. This takes about 5-6 minutes. The batter will increase in volume and turn pale and foamy.
Step 4
Sift 150g cake flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp fine salt into the batter. Use a spatula to fold until dry ingredients are well-mixed into the batter but do not over mix.
Step 5
Add 100ml oil, mashed bananas, 1 tsp vanilla essence (and optional 1 tsp Kahlua or espresso coffee), and mix everything together with a spatula. Batter will not be smooth but it should well-mixed with no signs of flour.
Step 6
Transfer the batter into a loaf tin and tap a few times to release air bubbles. Use a chopstick or skewer to poke or swirl through the batter to release air bubbles.
Step 7
Bake in preheat oven for about 45-60 minutes. Cake is ready when you insert a chopstick or skewer into the middle of the cake and it comes out clean. The second test is to gently press on the top of the cake, if it springs back, it's good to go.
Step 8
Optional to decorate the cake: Remove the cake from the oven once the top starts to brown and firm up, around 10-15 minutes into the baking time. Quickly place the banana slices and chocolate chips on top of the cake and place it back into the oven to complete the baking.
Step 9
Cool the cake in the loaf tin on a cooling rack. Serve at room temperature.