Banana Cake {with Chocolate Chips}

Name: Banana Cake {with Chocolate Chips}
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: Butter for greasing the tin; 75 g Butter (Melted.); 100 g Caster sugar; 2 Eggs (Medium free-range.); 225 g Self-raising flour; 3 Large bananas (very ripe) (Peeled and mashed.); 100 g Chocolate chips; 75 g Chocolate (dark, milk or white) (Melted.)

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This is SUCH an easy Banana Cake recipe! Whether you’re in a hurry, are a baking beginner or simply want to use up your overripe bananas, THIS is the cake recipe to try.

It’s all mixed together in one bowl in less than 10 minutes, is a fantastic one to make with the kids, it’s totally failsafe and completely delicious!

Banana cake drizzled with chocolate and with chocolate chips in.

There are many reasons why I love this easy banana cake recipe, not least because it involves being frugal and resourceful because we throw this together when there are bananas that are past their best and need using.

It’s then baked in a loaf tin with chocolate chips and melted chocolate on top. Honestly, what else do we need really?!

There is always a call for cake, but owning over ripe bananas is the perfect excuse if we need one. Whether it’s to enjoy with friends and a cuppa, an after-school snack or a packed lunch, believe me when I say it probably won’t last long before it’s all scoffed.

Other easy loaf tin cake recipes you could try are:

Yoghurt Pot Cake – Measure everything in the pot, no need for scales!
Lemon Drizzle Cake – Solid, failsafe and easy-to-follow recipe
Pumpkin Cake – Better than Starbucks!
Courgette Cake – Honestly so good. Give it a try.
Nutella Cake – Delicious and easy swirl loaf

Why you’ll love this recipe

⭐️ One bowl, no faff

⭐️ Uses up sad-looking brown bananas

⭐️ Makes an energy-packed snack

Banana cake with chocolate being poured on.

Other baking recipes with ripe bananas

What you’ll need for the Chocolate Chip Banana Cake

Butter – For the cake and for greasing the tin
Caster sugar
Eggs – I use medium free-range
Self-raising flour
Bananas – These need to be very ripe for mashing
Chocolate chips
Chocolate – For melting. You can use dark, milk or even white – whichever you prefer

Variations on this easy banana loaf
(with just a few tweaks)

Banana and Walnut Loaf (or Banana and Walnut Cake) – Follow the same recipe but add in 85g of chopped walnuts (you could also try pecans or hazelnuts).
Peanut Butter Banana Bread – Add 100g of peanut butter and, for added peanut crunchy goodness, 50g of salted peanuts. Or you could simply follow this recipe and drizzle some peanut butter icing (peanut butter, butter and icing sugar) over the top for banana cake with peanut butter icing.
Banana Bread with Nutella – Swirl in 100g of Nutella when you’ve put the batter in the baking tin.
Gluten-Free Banana Bread – Substitute the self-raising flour for a gluten-free variety.
Banana Bread with Raisins – Add in 100g of raisins instead of chocolate chips.

Storing

The Banana and Chocolate Cake will keep in an airtight container for up to a week (by which time it’ll have been devoured anyway!)

In the freezer You can also cook it and freeze it, either whole or in slices. Just make sure it’s completely cooled before doing so and defrost it thoroughly before eating.

Top tip

A shortcut to melting and drizzling chocolate on top is just to sprinkle extra chocolate chips on top of the cake for the last 2 minutes in the oven.

When you remove the cake from the oven they will have melted, and you can spread them if you want to.

FAQ

How do I know when my bananas are ready to use in the Chocolate and Banana Cake?

To make banana cake, your bananas need to be very ripe.

As they ripen, they get softer and sweeter. This is what gives the banana cake its texture and flavour. Please don’t try to make this with green or very firm bananas as it just won’t work in the same way.

The banana skins should be very speckled, or (ideally) almost totally brown or black on the skins. When you peel the bananas they will be very soft.

Which is the best loaf tin for this Banana Cake?

This is the size of loaf tin I like, plus these loaf tin liners to make it even quicker!

How can I get a nice moist Banana Cake?

Make sure those bananas are nice and squidgy and you’ve mashed them up well. Also double check you’ve got the right amount of butter and eggs to make sure you get the right consistency.

Help! My Banana Cake is too gooey!

This might be because you’ve not let it bake for long enough. Always make sure a skewer comes out clear from the middle – if it doesn’t, it’s not quite there yet so leave it in for a few more minutes and check again.

If the top of your cake is cooked but it’s not inside yet, you can cover it with tin foil to stop it from burning.

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