Chocolate Banana Streusel Cake

This Chocolate Banana Cake recipe is very easy to make. It is a delectable one layer cake that is moist with a little crunch at the top. The dark chocolate blends well while the brown sugar crust adds to its scrumptiousness.

Have you tried using streusel in cakes or cupcakes? It really enhances the flavour and perfectly complements the banana and chocolate ingredients.

Yield: 10

Author: Malu Bonifacio

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Chocolate Banana Streusel Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 210 grams 1 ⅖ cups all purpose flour
• 6 grams 1 tsp baking soda
• 2.5 grams ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 eggs
• 200 grams 1 cup granulated sugar
• 100 ml 6 tbsp+1 tsp canola oil
• 30 grams 2 tbsp vanilla yogurt
• 10 ml 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3-4 over ripe mashed bananas
• 80 grams chopped dark chocolate

Streusel

• 70 grams ½ cup all purpose flour
• 1 gram ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 180 grams 1 cup brown sugar
• 55 grams ¼ cup unsalted butter

Instructions

Cake

1. Pre heat the oven to 350°F.
2. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon ad set aside.
3. In a standing mixer fitted with whisk attachment, combine eggs and sugar. Whisk at high speed until fluffy.
4. While whisking, drizzle the oil. Reduce the speed and add yogurt and vanilla. Add the flour mixture until incorporated.
5. Fold in the mashed bananas. Add the dark chocolates.
6. Pour in a 8x8 baking pan.
7. Prepare the streusel.
8. Spread the streusel on top.
9. Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minutes. You can check if it is done by inserting a cake tester at the center, which must come out clean.

Streusel

1. In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Mix using your fingertips till everything is incorporated.
2. Set aside.