Chocolate Streusel Banana Carrot Cake Food

CHOCOLATE STREUSEL BANANA-CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease and flour 13x9-inch pan, or spray with baking spray with flour. In medium bowl, mix all streusel ingredients except 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Stir in chocolate chips. Set aside.
• In small bowl, toss 1/2 cup chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon of the dry cake mix. In large bowl, mix bananas, sour cream and eggs; beat with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add remaining cake mix, water and oil; beat on low speed until combined. Beat 2 minutes on medium speed. Stir in coated chocolate chips; spoon into pan. Sprinkle with streusel.
• Bake 35 to 44 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and top is light golden brown. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours. Store loosely covered.

BANANA SNACK CAKE WITH COCONUT, CHOCOLATE AND PECAN STREUSEL

Steps:

• For the streusel: Combine the coconut, flour, oats, baking powder, brown sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Add the butter and knead it into the flour mixture with your fingers until it is evenly moistened. Add the pecans and toss to combine. Set aside.
• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan. Line it with parchment paper with a 2-inch overhang on two sides.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In a small bowl, stir together the banana and sour cream. In a large bowl, beat the butter and granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Beat in the vanilla.
• Stir in half of the flour mixture, then the banana mixture and then the remaining flour mixture. Fold in the chocolate and coconut. Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan. Top with the streusel mixture. Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 40 to 45 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool completely. Lift the cake out of the pan using the parchment paper and cut into squares to serve.

BANANA CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine sugar, banana, and oil.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and spices.
• Add to banana mixture and mix well.
• Stir in carrots and oats; mix well.
• Spread in greased 9x9 inch baking pan. Sprinkle with nuts.
• Bake at 350F for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

BANANA COFFEE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE CHIP STREUSEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter and flour 8x8x2-inch metal baking pan.
• Stir chocolate chips, brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon in small bowl until well blended; set streusel aside.
• Sift all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl.
• Using electric mixer, beat sugar, room temperature butter, and egg in large bowl until fluffy.
• Beat in mashed bananas and buttermilk.
• Add dry ingredients and blend well.
• Spread half of batter (about 2 cups) in prepared baking pan.
• Sprinkle with half of streusel.
• Repeat with remaining batter and streusel.
• Bake coffee cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
• Cool coffee cake in pan on rack.

CHOCOLATE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Line two 9-in. round baking pans with waxed paper; grease the paper and set aside. In a large bowl, beat the carrots, sugar, oil and eggs until well blended. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into carrot mixture until blended., Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, cocoa and vanilla until smooth. , Place bottom layer on a serving plate; top with half of the frosting. Repeat with remaining cake layer. Sprinkle with nuts and chocolate chips.

BANANA CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE CHIP STREUSEL

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°.
• Butter and flour an 8 x 8-inch metal baking pan.
• For the streusel: in a bowl combine chocolate chips, brown sugar, walnuts and 1 tablespoon cinnamon until well blended; set aside.
• For the cake: in a bowl, sift together the the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• Using an electric mixer, beat the sugar, softened butter, vanilla and egg in a large bowl until smooth.
• Add in the mashed banana and buttermilk; mix until combined.
• Add in the flour mixture and blend well.
• Spread about 2 cups of batter into prepared baking pan.
• Sprinkle with half of the streusel mixture.
• Top with remaining batter, then with streusel mix on top.
• Bake for about 45 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• Cool cake in pan on a rack.

CHOCOLATE & BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment (allow it to come 2cm above top of tin). Mix the sugar, flour, bicarb, cocoa and chocolate in a large bowl.
• Mash the bananas in a bowl and stir in the whole egg plus 2 yolks, followed by the oil and milk. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Quickly stir the wet banana mixture into the dry ingredients, stir in a quarter of the egg whites to loosen the mixture, then gently fold in the rest. Gently scrape into the tin and bake for 1 hr 10-15 mins, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Cool in the tin on a wire rack. To make the icing, melt the chocolate and soured cream together in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Chill in the fridge until spreadable. Remove cake from tin, roughly swirl icing over and scatter with the banana chips.

CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs for about 5 minutes.
• In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add the flour mixture along with the sour cream to the creamed mixture; mix until well combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Transfer to prepared baking dish, and smooth out batter.
• To make topping: mix together brown sugar, flour, cocoa and butter until crumbly.
• Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
• Sprinkle the streusel mixture evenly over cake batter in the pan.
• Bake for about 35-40 minutes (do not overbake).
• Delicious!

CHOCOLATE BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream margarine with sugar and eggs.
• Mix in banana and vanilla.
• Mix flour with remaining dry ingredients.
• Add flour mixture to margarine mixture in 3 parts, alternately with sour milk.
• Begin and end with flour.
• Spread in 2 greased 8" cake pans.
• Bake in oven about 40 minutes.
• When cool, frost generously with chocolate butter frosting.

BANANA STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13" x 9" baking pan.
• Cream 3/4 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla, beating well.
• Stir in cream; mix well.
• Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed batter; mixing well.
• Then fold in sliced bananas.
• Spread mixture into prepared baking pan.
• FOR STREUSEL: Mix together brown sugar, flour and cinnamon; cut in butter, until mixture is crumbly.
• Sprinkle on top of coffeecake.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until cake tests done.