Chocolate Banana Snack Cake
Servings 9
Chocolate Banana Snack Cake is a cake/brownie hybrid - a rich, moist, chocolate-y, treat that is perfect with a glass of ice cold milk.
Ingredients
- 1¾ cup all purpose plain flour
- ¼ cup cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- ⅓ cup mild vegetable oil I use mild olive oil
- 1 cup buttermilk or milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 bananas, mashed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (170°C or 160°C for fan ovens).
- Grease a 9 inch (23 cm) square pan.
- Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
- Stir in the sugar and the chocolate chips.
- In a medium bowl, beat together the egg, oil, buttermilk or milk and vanilla.
- Stir in the mashed bananas.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing thoroughly until well blended. Do not beat.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan, smoothing the top.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until a skewer or piece of dry spaghetti inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for at least 20 minutes before cutting into squares. If frosting the cake, allow it to cool completely first.
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