Banana Cake with Chocolate Icing
Servings 12
Ingredients
Banana Cake:
- 2 1/4 cups mashed bananas
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 4.5 cups all-purpose flour 540 g
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups white sugar 600 g
- 1 1/8 cup butter 18 tablespoons or 250 g
- 5 eggs
- 2 tablespoon vanilla bean paste or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 1/4 cups buttermilk
Chocolate Ganache Icing:
- 8 ounces dark chocolate 70%
- 6 tablespoons butter 85 g
- 1 ¼ cup sugar 250 g
- 1 ¼ cup heavy cream 300 ml
- 2 teaspoons vanilla 10 ml or 1.5 tablespoons vanilla bean paste
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mash ripe bananas with lemon juice. Set aside
- In another bowl, combine the dry ingredients- flour, baking soda, and salt
- In the base of a kitchen aid or in a large bowl, cream the sugar and butter for 3-5 minutes until pale and fluffy. Add each egg, one at a time and the vanilla and almond extract
- Next on low, alternate the dry ingredients with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry.
- Add in the banana until just evenly combined and pour into 3 greased 9” round cake pans
- Bake until a toothpick comes out clean (~40 minutes. Baking times vary so keep an eye on yours and test with a toothpick)
- Remove cake from the oven and cool (it can be put in the freezer directly for an extra moist taste)
Ganache:
- To make the ganache, add chocolate, butter, salt, and vanilla into a bowl. Set asideIn a small pan over medium heat, heat cream and sugar until hot but just before boiling
- Pour the heated cream and sugar over the bowl of chocolate and let it set for 1 minute. Stir until smooth
- Set in the fridge until cooled but not hard
- Ice the cake with the cooled ganache