Thursday, December 07, 2006

Chocolate Banana Swirl Cake



Ingredients for the base of the pan: Mix together and sprinkle at base of pan

2 Tbsp. Butter
1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
2 Tbsp. castor sugar

For the Cake:

250 gm. Cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. Bicarbonate of Soda
1/4 tsp. salt
185 gm. Butter
200 gm. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla essence
3 large eggs
3 very ripe bananas - peeled and mashed till fine
6 Tbsp. ( 3 ozs.) Buttermilk or sour cream
120 gm. Dark chocolate - melted

Method:

(1) Sprinkle ingredients for the base into the pan.
(2) Sieve flour, baking powder, salt and bicarbonate of soda toghether and leave aside.
(3) Beat butter and sugar together till creamy and pale.
(4) Add in mashed bananas and vanilla essence and mix well.
(5) Add in eggs one at a time beating till just incorporated.
(6) Fold in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
(7) Divide mixture into 2 parts.
(8) Mix one part of the mixture with melted chocolate.
(9) Scoop mixture one on top of the other till finished, gently run the spatula through the batter to slightly swirl the batter. Slightly tap the pan on the table.
(10) Bake at 175C for about 45 mins. or till skewer inserted comes out clean.
(11) Remove from oven and set aside for 5 mins. before removing from the pan.
(12) Leave on a wire rack to cool.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Aunty Yochana, thanks for sharing this recipe. You are really generous. :-)

Regina

Aunty Yochana said...

You're welcome Regina.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing the recipe, Aunty Yochana.

Hope I can try it out one day.

Anonymous said...

Aunty Yochana, thanks for receipe. Greatly appreciate... one question is that when I try to do the swirl, I can't get the horizontal swirl as shown in the pics. How do you do the swirl? Thanks.
LS

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi LS,

I just top up my batter on top of one another. I don't swirl very much with a chopstick, just lightly swirl only otherwise when it's all mixed, you don't get the nice swirl.

Keep trying and I'm sure you'll catch it.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hey is this from the Weekend baker?

Aunty Yochana said...

hi anonymous,

who is weekend baker?

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty yochana

Just wanna chk will rum essence caused bitterness if i add into the melted dark chocolate??

=D

Loves
Wingigi

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Wingigi,

It depends on how much you used. rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi aunty,

may I know the butter for the base must it be soften? Or shall mix with walnut and make it like crumble?

I believe I can also do w/o the base right? Bye, from the pix, I can't see the walnut.

CheezyHeart said...

Hi Aunty Yochana,

I've been searching high & low for this kind of bundt pan. May i ask where to buy it in Singapore? or may i trouble u to get one and post to me? thhks

khim