Banana Cake with Chocolate Icing Recipe

Banana Cake with Chocolate 

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

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2 Mash ripe bananas with lemon juice. Set aside

3. In another bowl, combine the dry ingredients- flour, baking soda, and salt

4. 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

5. Next on low, alternate the dry ingredients with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry.

6. Add in the banana until just evenly combined and pour into 3 greased 9” round cake pans

7. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean (~40 minutes. Baking times vary so keep an eye on yours and test with a toothpick)

8. Remove cake from the oven and cool (it can be put in the freezer directly for an extra moist taste