Banana nut cake with chocolate frosting. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Old-Fashioned Banana Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting.. and really enjoyed both the look and taste of the chocolate/banana/nut combination.

Banana nut cake with chocolate frosting No nuts, chocolate chips or chunks, no crispy bits or coconut. Just a basic banana cake with a simple chocolate frosting. And yet, in the marriage of these two tastes something extraordinary happens. You can cook Banana nut cake with chocolate frosting using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

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Ingredients of Banana nut cake with chocolate frosting

  1. You need 2 cups of all purpose flour.
  2. It's 3 teaspoon of baking powder.
  3. You need 1 teaspoon of bi-carbonate.
  4. Prepare 1 teaspoon of cardamon.
  5. It's 3 of over-ripe bananas.
  6. You need 1 teaspoon of vanilla essense.
  7. Prepare 1 of tblspoon sugar.
  8. You need 1/2 cup of oil.
  9. You need 400 ml of milk.
  10. Prepare 100 g of peanuts.
  11. It's of For frosting*.
  12. You need 1 of tblspoon cocoa powder.
  13. It's 125 g of unsalted butter.
  14. It's 1 of tblspoon icing sugar.
  15. Prepare 100 ml of milk.

Mash the bananas with the sugar and mix until smooth. Mix in the egg, oil and apple sauce and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients until just combined. Make the chocolate frosting by placing the cocoa powder in a large mixing bowl and pour in the hot water.

Banana nut cake with chocolate frosting instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 175°C.
  2. Prepare your baking tin. Oil and dust with flour.
  3. Sift your flour, baking powder, soda and cardamon in a bowl..
  4. Blend your bananas.
  5. Remove the brown skin of the peanuts and split the halves..
  6. In another bowl mix oil and sugar and whisk..
  7. Add your blended bananas and mix..
  8. Add vanilla essence.
  9. Add half of the flour, half of milk and thrown in some of the nuts. Whisk gently.
  10. Do this with the other half and whisk until butter is consistent. Use 3/4 of your peanuts and reserve some..
  11. Pour in your tin and bake for 50mins or until tooth pick inserted comes out clean..
  12. In the meantime, cream your butter, cocoa powder and icing sugar..
  13. Add the milk bit by bit until it has a smooth run. You can microwave for 5secs too..
  14. Dice the other peanuts.
  15. Remove from the oven and let it cool..
  16. Apply the chocolate frosting and smoothen well..
  17. Add the diced nuts and serve with your fav drink. Or eat as it is to feel the banana 🍌 and nuts 🥜..

This Banana Nut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is my go-to "I don't have much time, but need to use up these spotty bananas" cake. With minimal preparation and a straightforward method, this banana nut cake comes out perfect every time! It is moist and tender with just the right amount of sweetness. This is one of the best frostings I have EVER had! I used it on fresh bananna cake with a vanilla custard filling.