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Chocolate Banana Marble Bundt Cake Recipe

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To switch things up a bit this Easter I decided to make my much loved banana bread! Every holiday of the year, EVERYONE can’t wait to try this cake. It is absolutely delicious! And to satisfy everyones chocolate cravings, I used an adapted version of my classic banana bread recipe and turned it into a chocolate marble bundt banana bread!

Want to know my secret to make the BEST banana bread? Use old bananas! That’s right, old, black, bananas that have been sitting in the pantry for a week and no one wants to eat. A great way to make them ripen faster is to place them in a closed paper bag with apples. The apples give off gases that help the bananas ripen quicker. Then, if you aren’t in the mood to make your banana bread right away, you can easily freeze the bananas in a ziplock bag and use them when needed!

This banana bread is moist, soft, full of flavour and down right addictive. That’s why I usually make two cakes since this one gets eaten up in the first day! 

Chocolate Banana Marble Bundt Cake Recipe

A soft, moist, and totally addictive banana marble bundt cake.

Ingredients:

For Cake
 
  1. 1 cup all purpose flour
  2. 1 cup whole wheat flour
  3. 1 cup fine oatmeal
  4. 1 tsp baking soda
  5. 2 tsp baking powder
  6. 1/8 tsp salt
  7. 1 tbsp cinnamon
  8. 1/4 cup oil
  9. 2 tsp vanilla extract
  10. 4 ripe bananas
  11. 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  12. approx. half cup cocoa powder
For Chocolate Icing
 
  1. Baking chocolate
  2. Butter
  3. Oil
Directions:
 
To Make Cake
 
  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 180 C and grease a bundt pan.
  2. 2. Mix together flour, oatmeal, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
  3. 3. Mix milk together with oil, mashed bananas, and vanilla extract. Combine with the dry ingredients and mix until all lumps disappear.
  4. 4. Separate half of the batter into another bowl. Add approximately half a cup of cocoa powder or until all your batter turns dark brown. I did this step approximately!
  5. 5. Pour chocolate batter into the pan and then top with the remaining white batter. Swirl with a sharp knife. Bake for about 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
To Make Chocolate Frosting
 
  1. Place a few squares of baking chocolate in a pan on medium heat (be very careful to stir so it doesn’t burn!). Mix in a little bit of oil, butter, and stir until you make a chocolate sirup. Pour over completely cooled bundt cake and let it harden. Voila!

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Banana Bread Lamingtons – Easy Holiday Dessert

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These banana bread lamingtons are a delicious spin-off of the traditional vanilla squares rolled in chocolate and coconut. Real lamingtons are delicious, but being a big fan of banana bread, I would say this banana/choco/coconut combo tastes even better!

For the banana bread recipe, I used the original Starbucks recipe they use to make their banana bread that retails for $5 a slice! I made a few slight alterations, baked it in a rectangular cake sheet, cut into squares, dipped in chocolate, and finally rolled the banana bread suqares in coconut. Voila! An easy dessert to make that looks impressive, and tastes absolutely delicious!

Lamingtons are a traditional Australian dessert named after Lord Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. Historians say that Lord Lamington actually did not like lamingtons and reffered to them as “those bloody poofy wooly biscuits”. Maybe he would have liked our version better! 

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Banana Bread Lamingtons – Easy Holiday Dessert

Banana bread lamingtons rolled in chocolate and coconut!

Ingredients:

For Banana Bread
 
  1. 2 cups white flour
  2. 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
  3. 1 tsp baking soda
  4. 1 pinch of salt
  5. ½ cup vegetable oil
  6. 2 tbsp buttermilk
  7. ½ tsp vanilla extract
  8. 1 egg
  9. 3 ripe medium sized bananas
For Chocolate Frosting
 
  1. 150 g dark chocolate
  2. 150 g unsalted butter
  3. 100 g sugar
  4. 2/3 cup milk
  5. 200 g shredded, unsweetened coconut
Directions:
 
To Make Banana Bread
 
  1. 1. Preheat oven to 325F. Grease a rectangular sheet cake pan and dust with flour.
  2. 2. Combine dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine vegetable oil, buttermilk, vanilla extract, 1 egg and bananas. Make sure to mash the bananas well and not leave any chunks.
  3. 3. Pour batter into cake pan and bake for about 45 minutes depending on the size of your pan and the thickness of the batter. Keep checking with a toothpick until it comes out clean.
  4. 4. Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool for another 20 minutes. Again, transfer cake onto a cutting board and cut into approx. 2 inch x 2 inch sized squares. Place on a baking sheet and into the freezer overnight.
To Make Chocolate Frosting
 
  1. Using a double boiler, melt chocolate and butter. Add sugar, mix until smooth and then add milk, stirring constantly.
To Assemble
 
  1. Dip each banana bread cake square into chocolate; making sure each side is well coated. Then cover in coconut, allow to chill/rest in fridge for about an hour before serving.

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Moist and Soft Apple Chunk Banana Bunt Cake

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A bunt cake that melts in your mouth! Inspired by the fall season just around the corner, this apple chunk banana bunt cake is a spin-off of regular banana bread. I am a huge fan of banana bread and so is everyone in my family – we’ve tried all the combinations you could think of except spicing it up with apples! All I basically did was follow my classic banana bread recipe I posted here and added one large chopped apple to the mix (I also omitted the chocolate). The apples made the bread super duper moist and down right addicting. Baking it in a bunt pan and sprinkling powdered sugar on-top gave it a little more oomph. Here’s the recipe once again: 

Quick tip: Because of the apples, I baked my bread about 10-15 minutes longer than usual because it was really moist. I also covered the top with tin foil near the end to give the insides time to bake and to prevent the top edges from burning!

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Moist and Soft Apple Chunk Banana Bunt Cake

 
Ingredients:
 
  1. 1 large apple, chopped into small chunks
  2. 2 cups All purpose flour
  3. 1 cup fine oatmeal
  4. 1 tsp baking soda
  5. 2 tsp baking powder
  6. 1/8 tsp salt
  7. 1 tbsp cinnamon
  8. 1/4 cup oil
  9. 2 tsp vanilla extract
  10. 4 ripe bananas
  11. 2 cups water/yogurt mixture (container of 200g plain yogurt mixed with water and 1.5tbsp of vinegar)
Instructions:
 
  1. Preheat the oven to 180 C and greese a loaf pan.
  2. Mix together flour, oatmeal, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
  3. Mix yogurt/water mixture together with oil, mashed bananas, and vanilla extract. Combine with the dry ingredients and mix until all lumps disappear. Now fold in the chopped apples.
  4. Pour into loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Chocolate Oatmeal Banana Bread – Eggless, Milk and Sugar Free!

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Eat up this delicious banana bread thats totally eggless, milk-free, and sugar free! I’ve yet to meet a soul that doesn’t like this banana bread, it’s been a signature treat of mine for years and never disappoints. What I love about this bread is that it’s guilt free and super filling. Whole wheat flour (or all purpose flour depending on your preference) and oatmeal provide you with loads of fibre and energy, making it the perfect breakfast or snack option. It’s also great for those on a diet that are looking for a filling, low-fat dessert.

The bread is also very moist and dense, so it doesn’t dry up and can hold at room temperature for quite a while (although because of it’s deliciousness I don’t think it will last very long!). The secret to it’s moist-ness is the yogurt as well as the creamy bananas – make sure to use ripe bananas, the riper the better!

I personally love this bread once it’s cooled down, but you can definitely eat it straight out of the oven or even warm it up in the microwave. Now who can resist melted, gooey chocolate?

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Chocolate Oatmeal Banana Bread – Eggless, Milk and Sugar Free! 

 

Ingredients:
 
  1. 2 cups All purpose flour
  2. 1 cup fine oatmeal
  3. 1 tsp baking soda
  4. 2 tsp baking powder
  5. 1/8 tsp salt
  6. 1 tbsp cinnamon
  7. 1/4 cup oil
  8. 2 tsp vanilla extract
  9. 4 ripe bananas
  10. 1.5 cups water/yogurt mixture (container of 200g plain yogurt mixed with water and 1.5tbsp of vinegar)
  11. 100g dark chocolate, chopped into small bits
Instructions:
 
  1. Preheat the oven to 180 C and greese a loaf pan.
  2. Mix together flour, oatmeal, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
  3. Mix yogurt/water mixture together with oil, mashed bananas, and vanilla extract. Combine with the dry ingredients and mix until all lumps disappear. Now fold in the chopped dark chocolate.
  4. Pour into loaf pan and bake for about 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
 
  1. I’m a big fan of walnuts, you can also mix in about a cup of walnuts along with the chocolate, making it even more dense and filling! Or you can even omit the chocolate and add in chopped apples and raisins!