Recipe
Chocolate Chip Banana Cake
Brace yourself for one of the juiciest banana cakes you’ve ever tasted! This banana cake is the ideal combination of the sweetness of bananas, the bitterness of chocolate, and the tanginess of a fluffy cream cheese frosting.
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes 
Difficulty: Beginner
Yield: 10 servingsUdstyr
- Hand mixer
- Stand mixer
Ingredients
Banana cake:
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 1/2 dl milk
- 250 g flour
- 1,5 tsp baking soda
- 1,5 tsp vanilla
- 1 pinch of salt
- 200 g sugar
- 2 egg
- 75 g butter (softened)
- 75 g dark brown sugar
- 200 g ripe bananas (peeled)*
- 100 g dark chocolate (coarsely chopped or chocolate chips)
Vanilla cream cheese frosting:
- 1/2 batch of my vanilla cream cheese frosting recipe
- Finely chopped dark chocolate (optional)
Instructions
Banana cake:
- Stir the lemon juice into the milk and set aside while you mix the dough. Mix the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.1 tbsp lemon juice, 2 1/2 dl milk, 250 g flour, 1,5 tsp baking soda, 1 pinch of salt
- In another bowl, whisk the sugar and eggs until light and fluffy using a hand mixer or a stand mixer. Add cubed butter, brown sugar and vanilla. Whisk at high speed until you get a thick batter.200 g sugar, 2 egg, 75 g butter, 75 g dark brown sugar, 1,5 tsp vanilla
- Add half of the flour mixture and the milk to the bowl with the egg mixture. Stir it together with a wooden spoon without overmixing. Add the remaining flour and milk, and gently mix until you have a smooth batter.
- Mash the bananas with a fork. Add the banana and chopped chocolate to the batter and fold until evenly distributed. Pour the banana cake batter into a greased 22 cm (8.5 inch) round pan lined with baking paper on the bottom.200 g ripe bananas, 100 g dark chocolate
- Bake the banana cake at 180 °C (356 °F) for 45-50 minutes. Cover the cake with aluminum foil after 30 minutes if it starts to get too brown. Use the toothpick test to check if the cake is done (it’s done when no batter sticks to a skewer/toothpick inserted in the center of the cake).
- Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then place it in the refrigerator until completely cooled before adding the frosting.
Cream cheese frosting:
- Prepare the cream cheese frosting according to the recipe instructions.
- Spread it on the banana cake as desired once it has completely cooled. Sprinkle with some small pieces of chopped chocolate (optional).
Notes
*1 medium-sized banana weighs about 100 grams (3.5 oz).