Chocolate Banana Heaven Cake
Ready In: 55 mins
Serves: 16
Ingredients
CAKE
- 1 (18 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
- 1⁄2 cup cocoa powder
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup prepared maxwell house instant coffee, cooled
- 1⁄3 cup water
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
ICING
- 1 teaspoon maxwell house instant coffee
- 2 tablespoons milk, warmed
- 1 (250 g) package Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
- 3 ounces baker semisweet chocolate, melted
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans
- chocolate curls (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease and flour 2 (9-in.) round cake pans.
- Line bottoms of pans with wax paper.
- Stir cake mix and cocoa in large bowl.
- Add eggs, prepared coffee, water and bananas; beat with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl frequently.
- Beat on medium speed 2 min; pour evenly into prepared pans.
- Bake at 350°F for 30 to 35 min or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Cool 10 min; remove from pans.
- Immediately remove wax paper.
- Cool cake layers completely on wire racks.
- Dissolve 1 tsp instant coffee in warm milk.
- Beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.
- Add milk mixture; beat 2 min, then blend in melted chocolate.
- Add powdered sugar; beat until smooth and fluffy.
- Use to fill and frost cooled cake layers.
- Immediately press pecans into frosting on side of cake.
- Garnish top with chocolate curls.
- To Make Chocolate Curls: Unwrap and heat a square of Semi-Sweet Chocolate for a few seconds in the microwave.
- Holding the square firmly in your hand, draw a vegetable peeler over the flat bottom.
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