I was going to start this post by writing everyone loves banana cake but that’s so not true. My mum abhors bananas in any way, shape or form. The poor woman often peers hopefully into my cake tin when she comes over, only to firmly replace the lid when she discovers the baked good is banana cake/bread/muffin.
My mum notwithstanding, I find that banana cake is a real crowd pleaser. This easy recipe for banana cake, via The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Quick Mix Cakes, makes a large slab cake that is just begging for a layer of dark chocolate ganache.
Chocolate ganache is an easy yet lux way of decorating a cake. It is created by melting together good quality chocolate and cream and allowing to cool before spreading on any manner of cake. It aso makes a great snack when eaten straight from the pot.
I try to always keep ganache in the fridge for decorating / snacking emergencies.
GATHER:
2 over-ripe bananans, mashed
¾ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
¼ cup milk
125g butter at room temperature, diced
1 ½ cups self-raising flour
ganache:
In a small pan over low heat melt together half a cup of single / pouring cream with 125 grams dark chocolate broken into chunks. Stir together until melted and glossy then set aside to cool completely.
LET’S GET TO IT:
Preheat oven to 170C and grease and line a 19x29cm cake tin.
Put everything in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat gently until everything is combined, then increase speed until mixture is changed in colour.
Spoon into pan and bake 25-35 mins [depending on your oven].
When cold spread with chocolate ganache.
the hungry mum 
Yum, this looks scrumptious! I love making banana bread or cakes… Great way to use up those overripe bananas!
And don’t those bananas go from green to black in a heart beat?! We had a bowl of under-ripe ‘nanas last week, this week I will be baking many a banana baked good!
My Mom used to buy cake just like this once a week, when I was in HS, so banana cake with chocolate ganache gets the memories flowing. I need to slather my next banana bread or cake with chocolate anything!
banana & choc is a winning combo – can’t go wrong 🙂
Your mum doesn’t know what she’s missing out on! That looks delicious Belle.
Oh, I know! Thanks Lis x
Love love love anything with bananas! 🙂
Ditto! Add some chocolate & I’m a happy little Vegemite 🙂
My husband doesn’t like it much either. I don’t get it. I love banana bread. And with chocolate–you can’t go wrong!!
Bananas when baked into *anything* are super good 🙂
Looks delicious!
Thanks, is pretty yum!
Love a slab cake! Nothing is more Aussie than a slab, beer, cake & more! Banana cake is one of those things I could make (with all those frozen nanas in my fridge, I just gotta get round to it! 🙂
It is *so* Aussie, isn’t it? No fuss, just pure yumminess 🙂
This chocolate banana cake was delicious. Made it for my husband this past weekend and between him and my grand-kids, it was gone in no time flat. Thanks for sharing.
– Shannon, the Crumb Cake Queen
oooh, thanks for the feedback! Glad it was a hit!
that’s just 6 ingredients to make that delicious cake! awesome!
Hey, I never counted! You’re right, just a few ingredients and voila, a yummo cake.
Oh yum! Chocolate and banana is my favorite combo!
It is fairly delish, isn’t it?
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I love banana desserts and this cake sounds wonderful! Banana and chocolate is always a killer combination in my opinion!
This looks so good! It’s a wonder it lasted long enough for you to take photos. You must have banished your family from the kitchen until after the photo shoot. 🙂
Awww, you are too kind! The family knows not to even contemplate touching food until I have shot it 🙂
This looks amazing! I love chocolate and banana together!
This looks and sounds lovely! Bananas are one of my favorite ingredients … cakes, muffins, smoothies, etc.! 😀
I should also add that chocolate is one of my very, very favorite ingredients, so this combination sounds simply wonderful! 😀
Well I love bananas, any way they come. And I do love banana cake with chocolate icing. What a lovely snack xx