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Banana Chocolate Chip Layer Cake

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 32 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 12 minutes
Servings: 1 8" Double-Layer round cake
Cuisine: Banana, Cake, Cake Recipe, Chocolate, Cookbook
Calories: 5206
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/3 cup flour reserve 1 tbsp, set aside
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract dark
  • 3 bananas ripe, mashed
  • 1 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips reserve 2-3 tbsp

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare cake rounds with non-stick cooking spray
  2. Combine dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt) in medium bowl; set aside.
  3. In large mixing bowl cream sugar and oil until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beat thoroughly after each addition then beat until fluffy.
  4. Add bananas; mix well. Add vanilla.
  5. Stir baking soda into buttermilk...science!
  6. Alternately add flour and buttermilk to sugar/banana mix, ending w/dry ingredients. Mix well, just until combined.
  7. Toss Chocolate Chips with 1T flour until completely coated; fold in all but the reserved Chocolate Chips
  8. Divide evenly among prepared pans, distribute reserved Chocolate Chips evenly across the top of each.
  9. Bake cakes approx. 32-36 minutes for 6" rounds, 40 minutes for 8" rounds
  10. Cool cake rounds for 10 minutes before removing cake to cooling rack
  11. Frost when completely cool.

Nutrition

Calories: 5206kcalCarbohydrates: 714gProtein: 79gFat: 233gSaturated Fat: 83gPolyunsaturated Fat: 60gMonounsaturated Fat: 44gCholesterol: 439mgSodium: 2581mgPotassium: 2541mgFiber: 27gSugar: 259gVitamin A: 800IUVitamin C: 45.4mgCalcium: 390mgIron: 22mg

Notes

Batter does not rise significantly.
 
Adapted from: Food Network.

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