🍫🍌The Best Moist Chocolate Banana Cake Recipe

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Let’s be honest: those three bananas on your counter aren’t "ripening." They are actively planning a coup. They’ve reached that stage of spotted brown existence where they’re too mushy for cereal but too sentimental to throw away.

Freshly baked sliced chocolate chip banana bread loaf topped with caramelized bananas and served with butter.

You could make standard banana bread, but we aren't here for "standard." We’re here for a cake that tastes like a hug from a cocoa bean. This is the ultimate "I’m a sophisticated baker" camouflage for "I forgot I bought fruit ten days ago."

It’s moist, it’s intensely chocolatey, and it yields a rich cake that pairs perfectly with a warm cup of coffee. Here's a sneak peek at the main ingredients.

Raw ingredients for chocolate banana cake including overripe bananas, flour, eggs, milk, vanilla extract, chopped chocolate, and walnuts on a white counter.

Folding in the chocolate chips and walnuts is essentially just tucking them into a cozy, sugary bed. Don't overthink the 'folding'—it’s a baking term for 'stirring with a fancy attitude.' Try not to eat the entire bowl of batter before it hits the oven; I know it's a struggle.

A hand using a wooden spoon to fold dark chocolate chips and chopped walnuts into a rich chocolate banana cake batter in a ceramic bowl.


🍫 Chocolate Banana Cake: The Countertop Saviour

An incredibly moist, rich, and nutty cake that turns overripe bananas into a decadent chocolate dream.

  • ⏱️ Prep: 15m
  • 🔥 Cook: 55m
  • 🍰 Serves: 6–8

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 185g caster sugar
  • 185g self-raising flour
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 3 tbsp light olive oil
  • 60ml milk
  • 100g dark chocolate, grated
  • 90g walnuts, chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease and line a loaf tin.
  2. Mix bananas and sugar until combined.
  3. Add flour, eggs, oil, and milk. Stir gently.
  4. Fold in chocolate and walnuts.
  5. Bake for 55 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
  6. Cool for 20 minutes before serving.

Why This Works

  • The Banana Magic: Natural sweetness and unbeatable moisture.
  • Textural Heaven: Chocolate + walnuts = crunch meets fudge.
  • Low Effort, High Reward: Foolproof and impressive.

Top Tips for Your Banana Cake Brilliance

  • Banana Quality Matters: The blacker, the better! Don't use firm, yellow bananas.
  • Grate That Chocolate: Pop the bar in the freezer for 10 mins first to prevent it from melting in your hands.
  • Don't Overmix: Mix just until the white streaks of flour disappear for a tender crumb.
  • Serve Warm: It's incredible with a dollop of thick cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Close-up of a single slice of homemade banana bread with melted chocolate morsels and banana slices on top, held over a black plate.

So there you have it – a show-stopping cake born from kitchen "tragedy." Go forth and bake, you magnificent, banana-rescuing hero!

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