(Vegan) Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Frosting

I don’t know about you, but I am amazing at buying bananas and totally forgetting about them. Then, I have a monthly mad dash to use my dark brown bananas, because I hate just tossing them. That means a lot of getting creative in the kitchen, making everything from banana bread to Banana Bread Waffles and more. However; for this recipe, I went decadent. This (vegan!) banana cake with peanut butter chocolate chip frosting is pure indulgence.

Making Vegan Banana Cake

I frankly can’t believe this cake is vegan myself. No butter, no milk, and no eggs required. The secret ingredient? A little bit of vinegar that reacts with the other ingredients to still make the cake fluffy. It’s pure magic, so tasty, and perfect for vegans and non-vegans alike.

Combine your flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and brown sugar in a bowl. Mix together and set aside. In another bowl, mash your bananas really well using a fork or a potato masher – get out as many clumps as you can. Add oil, vanilla, vinegar, and milk and combine. Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix until you have a smooth batter. Then grease or parchment-line a cake pan (this recipe is for one 9 inch cake pan that I cut in half – double it for a full round cake), pour in your batter, and bake. Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely before frosting.

Frosting the cake

Making the frosting is a breeze. Just take your favorite peanut butter, combine with vegetable shortening (or use butter if not vegan), powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and then use a little plant milk (or regular milk) to thin it out as it whisks together.

To frost a half cake but still get beautiful layers, cut your cake in half, so that you have two half-moon shapes. Level each half. Then, frost one half, stacking the other on top, so you have a 2-layer half-moon. Sprinkle in chocolate chips as you go, and then frost the top and sides, decorate the top with extra chocolate chips, and slice!

(Vegan) Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Frosting

Jacklin Altman

Have some bananas that are at the end of their life? Before you make yet another banana bread – try this amazing cake recipe that’s (shockingly) vegan! The cake is fluffy and full of banana flavor, and the frosting is so decadent you’ll be eating it with a spoon.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Decorating Time 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Calories 762 kcal

Equipment

• Mixing Bowls
• Cake Pan
• Oven

Ingredients

  

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Cake

• 2 mashed ripe bananas
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 1/8 cup AP flour
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/8-1/4 cup almond milk or other plant milk
• 3/4 tsp white vinegar
• Splash of vanilla
• Dash of cinnamon
• Dash of salt

Frosting:

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 5 tbsp plant based shortening or butter if not vegan – softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2-3 tbsp almond milk
• Optional chocolate chips (can be vegan depending on which brand you use)

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350
• Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and brown sugar in a bowl
• Mash ripe bananas, add oil, vanilla, vinegar, milk
• Stir wet ingredients into dry, combine well.
• Bake cake in 9" cake pan for 25-30 min, until toothpick comes out clean
• For frosting, simply combine all ingredients with mixer or whisk. Whip until no chunks remain. Fold in chocolate chips.
• Ice your cake however you please! You can make an iced loaf, a multi tier cake, etc! Remember, this recipe is for a HALF CAKE (I personally would have eaten an entire one otherwise, so be sure to double everything if you want a full 2 layer 9 inch cake)

Notes

To frost a half cake but still get beautiful layers, cut your cake in half, so that you have two half-moon shapes. Level each half. Then, frost one half, stacking the other on top, so you have a 2-layer half-moon. Then frost the top and sides, decorate as you please, and slice!

Nutrition

Calories: 762kcalCarbohydrates: 88gProtein: 15gFat: 42gSaturated Fat: 8gSodium: 733mgPotassium: 512mgFiber: 5gSugar: 58gVitamin A: 471IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 95mgIron: 3mg

Keyword Cake, chocolate, banana bread, banana, peanut butter, vegan, chocolate chip

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