It’s snack time! With the start of October, the internet makes me feel like I should be sharing pumpkin recipes. I mean pumpkin this and that is everywhere. But I don’t really feel like pumpkin right now. Actually, I’m not so ready for fall at all. I wish I could get two more months of summer in. Like every year. So that’s where this quick little banana snack cake comes in.
Simple ingredients.
And simply yum.
You can use mini chips in your batter, but I like them chunky with chocolate.
Enjoy the baked banana cake by itself or top it with frosting.
That’s right. Let’s slap on a layer of creamy chocolate frosting.
One of the reasons I love snack cakes so much is baking everything in one big, no-fuss, easy layer. Plus, that means lots of little squares to snack on for the next few days.
Chocolate Chunk Banana Snack Cake
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Ingredients
Cake
2 cups all purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 large bananas)
1-1/2 cups chocolate chunks
Frosting
1 cup butter, room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp milk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour a 9 X 13 inch baking dish.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt until combined. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. Add milk, continuing to mix until combined. With the mixer on low, slowly add flour and mix until just combined. Mix in mashed bananas. (Note: I used a food processor to mash bananas right before adding to the batter.) Stir in chocolate chunks.
Pour batter into prepared dish and bake for 30-35 minutes or until done.
Remove from oven and cool completely.
For frosting: Using a mixer, beat butter and vanilla until smooth. Sift powdered sugar and cocoa together and slowly add to mixer while on low. Increase to medium and beat until completely incorporated. Add milk a teaspoon at a time until desired creaminess.
Made this last wk for my co-workers….so good! They didn’t eat it all so I happily took the leftovers home and ate it for breakfast for the wk….hey it has bananas in it that makes it okay for breakfast right? :)
What can I say …. Chocolate and Banana … This will be fantastic I will try it. I imagine it with a little cream :) Thank you for sharing this recipe with us :)
Beautiful! It looks like you may have lightly dusted the chocolate chunks with flour. If not, would you recommend doing that so they don’t sink to the bottom of the batter? PS – even your sliced bananas look better than everyone else’s ;)
This looks sooo AMAZING! What are chocolate “chunks” and how do they differ from chocolate chips? Just trying to keep some options open in case my local grocery store doesn’t have it.
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Chocolate and banana… I am in heaven. Only seeing this is making my mouth water.
Wow, chocolate with banana is very, very good …
Thank you so much for your wonderful cake.
Oh my goodness gracious, I cannot wait to try these!! Thanks for sharing!
That looks so good I could go for a piece for breakfast right now!
Thank you so much for posting something that is different to Pumpkins. I desperately needed a change of taste and your recipe was great indeed.
Totally agree with you David! A change of taste for pumpkins is much needed. Love the photos!
Made this last wk for my co-workers….so good! They didn’t eat it all so I happily took the leftovers home and ate it for breakfast for the wk….hey it has bananas in it that makes it okay for breakfast right? :)
This was so yummy. Mine did come out a little dense but it didn’t stop the hubby going for a second piece. Will definitely make again!
Looks good and easy to make.
What can I say …. Chocolate and Banana … This will be fantastic I will try it. I imagine it with a little cream :) Thank you for sharing this recipe with us :)
I love snack cake–peanut butter, pumpkin, chocolate…and now this lovely chocolate and banana combination. It looks heavenly.
Chocolate with banana make a great couple for dessert, your babana chocolate cake look delicious and irresistible
Beautiful! It looks like you may have lightly dusted the chocolate chunks with flour. If not, would you recommend doing that so they don’t sink to the bottom of the batter? PS – even your sliced bananas look better than everyone else’s ;)
So I’ve just made this and am waiting for the cake to cool. There isn’t going to be any frosting left at this rate, it’s so good!
This looks very delicious!
Thank you for sharing this reciepe.
Banana is my FAVORITE flavor and I’m so tired of banana bread, thanks for this recipe!!!
You know the green baking cups you put the vanilla extract in were did you get the baking cups from? They are so cute!
It looks really great! I just have one question:
For the cake, can we just omit the bananas or is there something else we’ll have to adjust?
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing the recipe – I love banana cakes and this one looks absolutely delicious!
Looks really good! I will try to make it for my next party
Nice information about the chocolate chunk banana snack case.
This looks so delicious! I love the addition of the banana!
Kari
http://sweetteasweetie.com
Tell me – WHERE did you find those luscious chocolate chunks???
Oh that looks good, too bad I hate banana :( would it be good with pumpkin? :P
This looks sooo AMAZING! What are chocolate “chunks” and how do they differ from chocolate chips? Just trying to keep some options open in case my local grocery store doesn’t have it.
That looks so good right now.!
Looks yummy!
This looks delicious! Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Oh, yum! This is a perfect comfort cake for these cool fall days.
Snacking cake of any flavour is always so delicious! And this recipe sounds awesome. Love the banana in there!