Chocolate Banana Cake
This cake is perfect for a child's birthday as both young and old will enjoy it!
I found this old recipe that I used to LOVE and I asked myself '' why not veganize it? ''. As a surprise, I prepared it for my mom’s birthday and everyone enjoyed it, it tasted the same as before!
Prep : 30 min
Cooking : 40-45 min
Servings : 10
Ingredients
Cake
2 Tbsp (30 ml) ground flaxseed
6 Tbsp (90 ml) water
⅔ cup (150 ml) vegan milk (I used unsweetened soy milk)
2 Tbsp (30 ml) vinegar
¾ cup (180 ml) vegan margarine, melted (eg : Becel's)
1 ⅔ cup (400 ml) sugar
1¼ cup (310 ml; 3.5 bananas) ripe bananas, mashed (I used 3 ripe bananas I had frozen, and half a ripe banana not frozen, using the other half for icing)
1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
2 cups (500 ml) all-purpose unbleached flour
¾ cup (180 ml) cocoa
1 ½ tsp (7.5 ml) baking powder
1 tsp (5 ml) baking soda
¾ tsp (3.75 ml) salt
Icing
⅓ cup (75 ml) vegan margarine, melted
1 cup (250 ml) cocoa
1 ½ cup (375 ml) icing sugar
⅓ cup (75 ml) vegan milk (I used unsweetened soy milk)
½ tsp (2.5 ml) vanilla
¼ cup (60 ml; banana, ½ banana) mashed
Preparation
Cake
In large bowl, combine flaxseed and water and set aside for 5 to 10 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Oil 2 round cake pans (app 21 cm / 8 inches diameter).
In a small bowl, mix the milk and vinegar.
In the bowl with the flaxseed mix, add melted margarine, sugar, mashed bananas and vanilla. Mix.
In a medium bowl, mix dry ingredients.
Alternate between the milk mixture and the dry mixture to add to the wet mixture.
Divide the preparation into the 2 molds and bake 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Adjust cooking time according on the size of the molds (eg: if you’re doing cupcakes).
Let cool at least 10 minutes before unmolding.
Icing
In a medium bowl, mix margarine and cocoa.
Add the other ingredients except banana. Taste and sweeten to taste.
In a small bowl, mix 1/3 of the frosting with the crushed banana.
Assembly
Place one of the cakes, curved side down, on a serving plate. Spread the chocolate-banana icing.
Place the second cake, curved side up.
Spread the rest of the chocolate icing on the cake. Decorate as you wish.
Original recipe from my mom, veganized by myself
Cupcake version
