Eureka! Banana cake part II (finally) aka chocolate peanut butter banana cake
When I was working on the blueberry banana cake I visited my friend Alex and took him a slice, looking for his opinion. He liked it, suggested adding more blueberries, then thought that chocolate and peanut butter would make it even better.
Inspired, I set out to make this cake.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cake
I didn’t use the full amount of the peanut butter mixture, so if you want to dial it down further, go ahead, or you can just eat the leftovers smeared on bread, or a banana, or an apple, or a chocolate cookie, or your finger, whatever you have handy.
For the cake:
2 cups (130 g) all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp (1 g) salt
1/2 tsp (4 g) baking soda
1 tsp (4 g) baking powder
4 tbsp (56g) butter, softened
1/2 cup (70 g) sugar*
1 over-ripe banana, mashed
1 egg
1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) vanilla extract
1/2 cup (110 ml) buttermilk
1/2 cup (90 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
For the peanut butter topping:
adapted from Martha Stewart
3 tbsp. butter, melted
1/2 cup (130 g) peanut butter
1-1/2 tbsp. (10 g) powdered sugar
pinch of salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Butter and flour and 8″ round cake pan.
Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
Alternate adding the buttermilk and flour, starting and ending with the buttermilk. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Pour batter into pan.
To make the topping, whisk together all the ingredients.
Drop spoonfuls of the peanut butter mixture on top of the batter, spacing them about an inch apart. Run a knife through the dollops, swirling it into the batter.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, until cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
*I believe I used brown sugar in this version but I cannot remember. This is what happens when you promise a part II of a recipe and then forget about it for a month. Really though, try it with brown sugar, it’ll be good.
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that looks amazing, thanks for the recipe!