Healthy Banana and Chocolate Cake
Today, I want to share my favorite recipe with bananas: a tasty banana-chocolate cake that is super easy to make, very healthy for a cake, and extremely yummy!
Equipment
- Small bowl
- Large bowl
- Whisk
- Baking tray
Ingredients
- 3 large bananas (the riper the better!)
- 1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tbsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (70% cocoa minium)
- 1 1/2 tsp olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 175°C (350°F)
- Mash the bananas in a bowl
- Mix flour, baking soda, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl
- Add mashed bananas to the flour mix and stir until completely combined
- Add the Greek yogurt and olive oil
- Pour in chocolate chips
- Mix in eggs one by one and stir again
- Pour into a baking tray and cover with baking paper
- Bake for about 35 minutes at 175°C
- Serve and enjoy
Notes
Add a handful of walnuts for extra delicate crunch.
It’s best to use dark chocolate chips for a darker and richer chocolate taste, but you can substitute them for milk chocolate buttons too.
I use choc chips because I love the chunks of chocolate in the cake, but you can also use natural coconut powder to make it extra chocolaty. Just replace 1/2 cup of flour with 1/2 cup of natural cocoa powder.
You may want to add a couple of tablespoons of honey or the cake may come out too bitter.
If your bananas are not ripe and soft yet, you can put them in a 150-degree oven for about 20 minutes to ripen them quickly.
You can add a scoop of protein powder to the batter to boost the protein content.Add a teaspoon of cinnamon to the mixture if you want some extra taste.