Chocolate Banana Cake Recipe

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A slice of chocolate banana cake

Ingredients

Chocolate Chiffon Cake

A

  • 30 g of cocoa powder (mixed with 120 ml water)
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 100 g of caster sugar
  • 130 g of self-raising flour
  • ½ tsp of baking powder
  • ½ tsp of sodium bicarbonate
  • 60 ml of corn oil
  • 1 tsp of vanilla essence

    • B

  • 4 egg whites
  • 60 g of caster sugar
  • ¼ tsp of cream of tartar

    • Chocolate Banana Filling

  • 500 ml of chocolate whipping cream
  • 1 tsp of vanilla essence
  • 1½ tbsps of instant coffee (mixed with 1 tbsp of hot water)
  • 1 tbsp of gelatin (dissolved in 40 ml water)
  • 6 ripen bananas (sliced)

    • Cake Decoration

  • Some fruits
  • Some chocolate chips

    • Method

    Cake Preparation

    1. Preheat oven at 180°C. In a bowl, hand whisk ingredient A until smooth.
    2. In a mixing bowl, whisk the egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy. Add in sugar and continue whisking until stiff.
    3. Fold ingredient A with mixture from Step 2.
    4. Pour into prepared 9" lined cake tin and bake for 40 minutes.
    5. Invert cake and leave until completely cool before cutting into 3 layers horizontally.

    Cake Filling Preparation

    1. Whisk cream until stiff. Add in vanilla essence, followed by coffee mixture and gelatin mixture.
    2. Spread filling onto 1st layer of cake and arrange banana slices on top of filling.
    3. Top second layer. Spread filling and arrange slices of bananas.
    4. For the last layer of cake, spread cream filling on top and sides of cake.
    5. Leave in the fridge to set.
    6. When set, place cake on a wire rack, pour on chocolate frosting.
    7. Decorate as desire. Refrigerate until set.

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