Chocolate Banana Streusel Cake |
Cuisine: American
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 45 mins
Total time: 1 hour 15 mins
- ¼ pound (113 g, 1 stick) unsalted butter
- ½ cup (100 g) sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cup (340 g) very ripe bananas, smashed
- ¼ cup (57 g) sour cream ( or creme fraiche)
- 1½ cup (180 g) flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- for the streusel:
- ¾ cup (100 g) light brown sugar, lightly packed
- ½ cup (60 g) flour
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 Tablespoons (57 g, ½ stick) unsalted butter
- 3 ounces (85 g) good bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 3 Tablespoons (25 g) sliced almonds
- Preheat your oven to 350 F Convection.
- Grease an 8 x 8 x 2 inch square baking pan. (I also like to add some parchment paper sticking out at two ends for easier removal of the finished cake.)
- Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment and whisk on high for about 4 minutes.
- In the meantime take another bowl and mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Set the mixer on low and add eggs, vanilla extract, sour cream and bananas until well combined. (The mixture may curdle.)
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until just combined.
- Distribute the dough evenly into the prepared baking pan.
- To prepare the topping, combine the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt.
- Add butter and combine evenly, using your hands, until streusel form.
- Mix in the chocolate and distribute the streusel mixture evenly over the batter.
- Sprinkle on the almonds.
- Place baking pan on a rack in the center of the oven and bake for 40 -45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Baking times may vary.
- Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.
Use organic and non GMO ingredients whenever available.
Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature.
I changed this recipe to our liking using less sugars and less chocolate than Ina's original.
Recipe by My Kitchen in the Rockies | A Denver, Colorado Food Blog at http://www.mykitchenintherockies.com/2015/02/15/chocolate-banana-streusel-cake/
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