(Vegan) Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Frosting
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.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowls
- Cake Pan
- Oven
Ingredients
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
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