Chocolate Banana Cake

Submitted by sabrinasarah

"I call it, the Hyper Monkey cake."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 10 slices
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 160 ml milk
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 150 g butter, softened
• 220 g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 300 g self raising flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup mashed banana
• 100 g dark chocolate, grated finely
• 100 g dark chocolate
• 80 g icing sugar
• 60 g yoghurt

directions

1. Preheat oven to 170 D. Celcius. Grease deep 22cm round cake pan,.
2. lined with paper.
3. Combine milk and juice in a small jug, stand for 5 minutes.
4. Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until just combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in sifted flour + soda, banana, milk mixture and chocolate.
5. Spread mixture into pan; bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
6. Stand cake for 5 minutes, top-side up, onto a wire rack to cool.
7. Cream Cheese Frosting:.
8. Melt chocolate in a pot over a medium saucepan of simmering water.
9. Gradually stir in icing sugar and yoghurt.