matt harris*

recipe box · Sweets

Banana Chocolate Chip Cake

Serves 6 ·

Ingredients

  • 1¾ cups unbleached flour or whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1 cup cane sugar or turbinado sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp fine salt
  • ¾ cup soy milk
  • 2 bananas, overripe, mashed
  • ½ cup safflower oil or any light vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¾ cup vegan chocolate chips

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9-inch square or round pan with Pam or other baking spray.
  2. Put dry ingredients into a bowl. Blend with a fork. Add oil, soy milk and vanilla. Stir until the mixture comes together, but don’t overmix.
  3. Break bananas into chunks and drop into the batter, mash with a fork and mix briefly. Fold in chocolate chips.
  4. Pour into prepared pan and bake on center rack for 35–40 minutes, just until a cake tester comes out clean.
  5. Remove from oven, place on wire rack to cool. To serve, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Also good with crushed pineapple or berries.

From the margins

  • If you like a smoother banana texture, break bananas into a separate bowl, mash and mix well until smooth, then fold into the batter.
  • Overmixing your batter will create a more dense cake with a tougher crumb. Cakes should be gently mixed until dry ingredients are incorporated, unless specified otherwise.

Source: delicioustv.com