Peanut butter, banana and chocolate chip cake

Name: Peanut butter, banana and chocolate chip cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups plain flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon baking soda; 16 tablespoons unsalted butter ((2 sticks), softened); 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 1/2 cup Greek yogurt; 3 ripe bananas (mashed); 1/3 cup peanut butter; 1 cup chocolate chips; salted or unsalted peanuts (crushed or whole - for decorating (optional)); 1/2 cup peanut butter; 2 tablespoons soft butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 tablespoons milk; 1 1/2 cups powdered / icing sugar combined with 30 grams (about ¼ cup) unsweetened cocoa powder

19 Feb 16

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Last Updated on 30 Jul 19

It’s hard to go wrong combining peanut butter, banana and chocolate, but I’ve been on a mission to make a proper layer cake with these flavours!

I’ve been wanting to make something like this peanut butter, banana and chocolate chip cake ever since I had something similar in a café in Nottingham, England. If ever you happen to be passing through this fine city, forget Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest and hotfoot it to this cake shop instead. It’s called Homemade and it’s got the sort of cake collection in its window that you could stand there drooling over for hours. And yes, of course I’m talking from experience.

In the meantime, I’ve managed to come up with something quite similar to one of their most popular cakes for you .. this delicious peanut butter, banana and chocolate chip cake. 🙂

NOT just another banana bread!

Although I’m not sure you can go too wrong with this marriage-made-in-heaven trio of flavours, I didn’t want to end up with a regular banana bread packaged up in a different way. I wanted something with the texture of a proper two-tiered cake. And while I’m not usually one to blow my own trumpet, I have to say that I think I nailed it!

Peanut butter, banana and chocolate in every bite!

So this peanut butter, banana and chocolate chip cake has a nice firm structure, like all good sandwich cakes should, but it isn’t in the least bit dry. You bite into it and think “Ooh, a peanut butter cake.” “No wait, it’s banana.” “Or is it chocolate?”

The truth is, all three of these flavours come through fairly intensely in each bite.

Chocolate orange cake by Scrummy Lane. Light, rich and moist - just as I'd hoped!

Try this chocolate orange cake too!

Then there’s the icing on the cake … erm, that’d be the frosting! More peanut butter and more chocolate – nothing to complain about there.

I was a little surprised to find that this cake still tasted just as good 4 days after I’d baked it. Just as moist and tasty. As for how long it might last after that – I’m afraid I’ve no idea because we polished it off before we could find out!

So I’m very pleased (and rather proud of myself, I must say) to add this cake to my meagre collection of layer cake recipes.

This peanut butter, banana and chocolate chip cake is such an easy bake!

I used to be a bit afraid of making layer cakes. I thought they would be a lot more difficult than they actually are.

But if you’re a bit nervous too, there’s really no need to worry. This one’s SO easy to make. No careful folding or precise piping of frosting.

Just whisk it all together and spread that delicious frosting on top.

Enjoy! 🙂

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