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| It looks red, but that's just the lighting! These really just look like brownies. |
I had two ripe bananas that were starting to go brown, so I knew I had to bake something with them. I had found this recipe a while back (I'm not sure where I saw it) from the Mom on Timeout blog. I already had the rest of the ingredients, and it sounded delicious, so I thought I'd give it a go.
Ingredients
- 2 bananas (very ripe)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup applesauce (no sugar added)
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray 8x8-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Mash bananas in a medium size bowl.
- Stir in sugars, applesauce, water, and vinegar until thoroughly combined.
- Stir in flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt just until combined.
- Fold in 1/3 cup of chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into prepared dish.
- Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top.
- Bake for 33-37 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
- Let cool, slice and serve.
I didn't think about it while I was making it, but as long as the cocoa powder and chocolate chips don't have any milk in them, this recipe is vegan! So that's good to know for future reference. I think my only complaint with this recipe is that it doesn't state whether or not the brown sugar should be packed. I'm guessing not because the recipe doesn't list it (so I didn't), but I'm not sure if that's right. But I baked mine for 33 minutes and it was DONE.
This cake tastes like chocolate banana bread (which I've made before), just with a hint of apple flavor thrown in. It's an easy recipe, which I love, but I guess I was hoping it might taste more like cake. Maybe it's because there's no icing? I don't dislike it, but I also wasn't blown away. And it was kind of dry... Meh, there's better out there.
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