Chocolate Banana Cake – Chocolate Coated Katie

Here’s a scrumptious, one-bowl wholesome chocolate banana cake recipe you’ll be able to whip up any time you’re craving wealthy and decadent chocolate cake!

Wholesome chocolate banana cake

This lightened up chocolate cake is made with simply 8 elements.

And it’s the right wholesome snack or dessert, with a full third cup much less sugar than conventional chocolate cake recipes of the identical dimension.

The chocolate banana cake is full of entire grains and vitamin and could be oil free, dairy free, gluten free, egg free, and vegan.

Only one decadent style, and also you’d completely by no means guess the key!

You might also like this Avocado Chocolate Mousse

Substances for chocolate banana cake

To make the vegan chocolate banana cake, you’ll need flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, water, sugar, elective nut butter or oil, pure vanilla extract, and banana.

Flour – Spelt flour, white flour, oat flour, and plenty of manufacturers of all objective gluten free flour will work. If you happen to desire a cake with almond flour, do this Keto Cake.

I’ve not tried entire wheat flour right here and advocate in opposition to coconut flour as a result of it can’t be substituted equally with out making different changes to the recipe.

Cocoa powder – The recipe requires one fourth cup of normal unsweetened cocoa powder plus an extra two tablespoons of Dutch cocoa powder or further unsweetened cocoa.

Search for Dutch cocoa within the baking aisle of conventional grocery shops or specialty cake provide shops. It would give the cake a deep chocolate brownie taste.

Sweetener – This may be basic white sugar, or xylitol for an added sugar free chocolate banana cake. You might also use an equal quantity of coconut sugar, date sugar, or unrefined cane sugar.

I can not vouch for substituting pure maple syrup, honey, or agave, as I’ve not tried liquid sweeteners within the recipe.

Oil – I really like the feel of this dessert with coconut oil or softened almond butter.

Vegetable oil is an efficient alternative as nicely, or you’ll be able to create a wholesome fats free chocolate cake by substituting further mashed banana for the oil.

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Learn how to make a banana chocolate cake recipe

One of the best half about this cake is how straightforward it’s to throw collectively.

You merely combine the elements in a bowl, pour the batter right into a pan, and sit again whereas it magically turns right into a candy and deliciously wealthy chocolate cake.

1. To make the recipe, begin by preheating the oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit. Line an eight inch baking pan with parchment paper or grease the underside of the pan.
2. In a big mixing bowl, mix all dry elements. Stir very nicely, then evenly combine within the remaining elements to kind a chocolate cake batter.
3. Pour the thick chocolate batter into the ready pan. If desired, sprinkle mini chocolate chips or finely chopped walnuts or pecans on high.
4. Place the pan on the middle rack of the oven, and bake for 25 minutes.
5. Use potholders to take away the pan, and let it cool on the counter.
6. Cowl the selfmade chocolate banana cake with a towel and let it sit in a single day, both on the countertop or within the fridge.

It’s vital to solely cowl the with a towel as a substitute of in an hermetic container for the primary night time, as a result of this enables extra moisture to flee and forestall the chocolate banana dessert from changing into dense and soggy.

If you happen to can wait, each the feel and the wealthy chocolate taste are even higher a day after you make the cake.

The recipe was tailored from my Vegan Banana Cake and Vegan Chocolate Cake.

Concepts for serving the banana dessert

After college snacks won’t ever be the identical once more.

This wholesome snack cake is sweet plain or topped with Coconut Whipped Cream.

Or high it with contemporary strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and sliced bananas. Add a fast drizzle of chocolate syrup or a sprinkle of powdered sugar.

It’s additionally fantastic frosted with Coconut Butter or Selfmade Nutella.

If you happen to one way or the other end up with leftovers (and it is a huge if!), slice and freeze leftover cake for a wet day. Or a snowy day, a sunny day, or any day.

In any case, do you really want an excuse to eat extra chocolate cake in your life?

Burn up leftover bananas in these wholesome Banana Oatmeal Cookies.

Extra Wholesome Banana Concepts

Vegan Banana Pudding

Blueberry Banana Bread

Banana Ice Cream

Wholesome Brownies

Banana Muffins

Wholesome Banana Bread

Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie