Friday, January 20, 2012

Banana Cocoa Cake

The result was certainly a surprise!!! Having perused several recipes for my two favorite sorts of cake, I wanted to make use of ingredients that were already on hand.

Banana Cocoa Cake:

2-½ cups flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa
2 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt

3 medium-sized very ripe bananas
1-½ cups brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 TBS white vinegar
@ 2 cups cold coffee (or any liquid, e.g. H2O, milk, etc.)

Pre-heat oven to 350℉.
Mix dry ingredients in one bowl.
Mash bananas w/sugar and add the remaining ingredients in a larger bowl.
Add dry ingredients to wet - mix by hand with a fork.
Pour this thick batter into a large oiled baking dish.
Bake for about 45 minutes till sides separate from dish and testing knife comes out clean.

This cake is rich, not overly sweet, chocolatey, and moist.

2 comments:

  1. I'm usually not much of a baker but that sounds like an excellent breakfast to me. I often end up with overly ripe bananas and I definitely will try it with the coffee.

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  2. Be warned, Victoria! This one packs a wallop - We had it with sliced strawberries last night for dessert - the buzz the coffee and cocoa delivered was rather intense :) Granted, I tend to be sensitive. May I suggest a small piece… Quite certain you'll enjoy it :D

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