Vegan Choco Banana Cake

Hi! Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and husband offered to take me out for dinner. I was not  up to it but still went ahead. But before going out, I quickly baked this cake in the evening. This is a hassle free cake and takes a few minutes of mixing and then a quarter hour of baking and it’s ready to serve. My kid had it as an evening snack and also took it in his snack box to the school today and guess what? He did not even get a bite of it..but my kid was not unhappy as he knew there was more cake at home and also that he was also offered Maggi and Kraft’s Macaroni in exchange.The greedy fellow happily exchanged his cake for those items...

Being a  vegan preparation  it does not use any butter in it, instead oil is used. I have used Hershey’s  chocolate powder and I loved the bitterness it added to the cake. One can also add Choco chips to the cake but since I wanted to keep it vegan, I’ve avoided it. The cake turns out moist. The next time I make this I would love to add some strawberries and raisins for that extra flavor instead of the banana…

The batter made for this cake is quite liquid ‘y’ so do not worry, the cake turns out well and you might observe a few cracks on top. One has to be just careful with the fruit and oil ratio as these add to the moistness of the cake. The cake gets ready anytime between 40-55mins. Mine was ready in 43mins, so one needs to be careful after  35mins. Do not open the oven till 35mins after that if the skewer inserted comes out clean, the cake is ready. I used a 12”Bundt pan to bake this cake, one can use any tin of their choice of this size.

Sending this cake to my event ‘ONLY’ Vegan Cooking hosted by PJ.

Preparation Time: 5mins

Mixing Time:5mins

Baking Time: 40-55mins

Serves: 6-8people

 

Ingredients

2cups APF

1-1/2cups granular sugar

1-1/2tsp baking soda

1tsp vanilla essence

2/3cups Cocoa Powder (one can use less too)

5-1/20z banana Puree (one can add more too)

about 110ml oil

about 1–1/2cups hot water

Method

Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl ( APF, cocoa, soda, sugar) thoroughly.

Add the essence, oil and water and mix. Finally add the banana puree and give a final mix. Do not over mix. The batter has a very runny texture, do not worry.

Bake it in a greased pan at 180C, preheated for 15mins for 40-55mins.

Remove it gently on a cooling stand and cool.

Cut and serve.

 

 

*In case you want to add more banana, reduce the amount of oil in that proportion.