Chocolate covered banana cake

Receta en español aquí
 
This is one of our favorite cakes, moist and simple  with an intense banana flavor and covered with a chocolate ganache.

Ingredients

180 g brown sugar

125 ml plain unsweetened Greek yogurt (½ cup)

2 large eggs

125 ml olive oil or another vegetable oil (½ cup)

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

175 g All-purpose flour (1 ¼ cups)

1- ¼ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

2 mashed ripe bananas (250 g)

Ganache and decoration

150 ml heavy whipping cream (35% butterfat content)

120 g chocolate 70% cocoa, chopped

1 chocolate bar

Caramel sauce

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 ºF (180 ºC).

Grease a 9 inches pan (22 cms) and set aside.

In a bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In another large bowl beat eggs.

Add brown sugar and mashed bananas,  continue to beat for half a minute.

Pour vanilla extract and vegetable oil and stir with whisk .

Slowly add half the flour mixture, continue beating. Add yoghurt and then  the rest of the flour.  Beat just until combined and smooth.

Pour batter into prepared pan, and bake at 350ºF (180ºC) for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.

I poured some batter and chocolate into a smaller pan to prepare a little cake for my boyfriend, he couldn’t wait until next day to taste this cake…

Remove from the oven and cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes on a wire rack.

Then tip the cake out of the pan and let it cool completely on the wire rack.

Wrap in plastic film and put in the fridge until next day.

Decoration

Place the  chopped chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl. Set aside.

Place heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring just to a boil.

 Immediately pour over the chocolate and let stand, without stirring, for a few minutes until chocolate has softened.  Then stir gently until smooth.

 Let cool slightly before using.

Cover the cake with the ganache, the chopped chocolate bar and drizzle with some caramel sauce.

I hope you like it and enjoy!