Whip up a moist and delectable banana cake that’ll give you a home-like feeling with its underlying subtlety of cocoa and soft cashew bits. Feel free to top it with your favourite icing.

It has been a couple of long, blurry days with the novel COVID-19 lurking around, terrorizing people worldwide. I imagine it to be a cruel entity that has latched itself onto our lives, constantly whispering to us all, “You step outside your home and you know what happens”.
Staying at home can be and is overwhelming. You begin to feel claustrophobic, like my dearest said. In these trying times of distress, we turn to our work, surrender ourselves to an extent, to our long-forgotten hobbies, all in the hope of getting through one more day.
When I think of how overwhelming staying indoors can be, I immediately think about the people who are out there exposed to the cruel virus, making our stay at home comfortable and a little more comforting.
I too, like many others, revived the collapsed cake lover in me and ended up baking a slightly healthier and much yummier, banana cake.
On a side note, I’m crazy about banana muffins. I could eat banana muffins my whole life and never get tired of them. Except, my body would soon give up because cakes aren’t always very healthy. My body often gets between the sacred union of those scrumptious banana muffins and myself, which can get real frustrating. Hmmmpff.
For all those cake lovers who would like to treat themselves and their family to a delicious and healthy banana cake, this is the place to be.
Here’s the recipe to this wonderful, home-made banana cake.
Eggless Banana Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 3 bananas
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup oil (Rice-bran oil)
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour (maida – in India)
- 1 and 1/4 cup whole wheat flour (aata – in India)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder (optional)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup yoghurt (dahi – in India)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips/chocolate shavings
- 1/2 cup cashew nuts
Directions
- Blend 3 bananas, 1/2 cup brown sugar together, in a large bowl.
- Add 1/2 cup of oil to it and mix well, with a spatula.
- Now sieve together 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour (maida), 1 and 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour (aata), 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder, into the blended mixture. Mix well with a spatula.
- Add 1 tsp lemon juice, 1/2 cup of milk, 1/2 cup of yoghurt (dahi). Adjust the quantity as per consistency. Mix well.
- Add 1/2 cup of chocolate chips/chocolate shavings and 1/2 cup of crushed cashew nuts into the bowl.
- Pour mixture into an oil-greased mould. Pre-heat a big pan for 5-7 minutes.
- Place the mould on a wirestand and cover with a lid.
- Cook for 40-60 minutes on low-medium flame.
- Check for readiness of cake using a toothpick. If it comes out clean, congrats. If not, hang in there.
- Once the cake cools completely (Mind you, completely), you may frost the cake or simply enjoy it plain. 🙂
The cake was very yummy and healthy at the same time. I finished most of it😀
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