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Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Cake

Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Cake

This Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Cake recipe is everything you dream about. Imagine a rich, moist, chocolate cake with a hint of banana flavor and lots of chocolatey bursts from the chocolate chips.

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate banana cake, chocolate chips cake, chocolate sheet cake
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 293 kcal
Author Mahy

Ingredients

  • 2 large bananas very ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 cup light brown sugar (1 cup minus 1 Tablespoon)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup dutch process cocoa powder
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour ( 1 cup minus 1 Tablespoon)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate pieces (from a good chocolate bar!)
  • 1/3 cup chopped hazelnuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and take an 8-inch square pan and line it with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, add the mashed bananas, brown sugar, vanilla, egg, oil, buttermilk and cocoa powder. Whisk this mixture well until it’s all very smooth.
  3. In a separate small bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and salt.
  4. Gently whisk in the flour mixture into the banana cocoa mixture until just combined into a thick pudding like texture batter.
  5. Add the chocolate pieces and hazelnuts and fold them into the batter, then pour it into the prepared pan.
  6. Bake the cake for 35-45 minutes (depending on your oven) until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean (melted chocolate is ok, but not batter!).
  7. Cool the cake in the pan and then cut it and serve!

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

  • Feel free to substitute the milk chocolate with dark or semisweet chocolate for a darker richer chocolate taste! I love using hazelnuts here because it’s really my favorite combo with chocolate, but any other nuts would work just as fine!
  • I love to make this Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip cake in an 8-inch square pan and cut it further into squares like brownies, so they feel like a fluffier version of brownies.
  • I’ve also made this chocolate chip cake in a loaf pan or a muffin tin, even in a springform pan. All the same perfect texture, just different baking times.
Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 293 Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 11g69%
Cholesterol 21mg7%
Sodium 159mg7%
Potassium 301mg9%
Carbohydrates 32g11%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 12g13%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 65IU1%
Vitamin C 2.9mg4%
Calcium 34mg3%
Iron 2.3mg13%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.