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Banana Chocolate and Nuts Muffin Cake with Quick Ganache Topping, eggfree and butter free

Published on July 7, 2014 by

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A good basic recipe can be modified in so many ways. That’s what I do with my Banana bread recipe. Every time I follow the recipe and make something new by tweaking it a bit here and there. Remember my Banana Almonds Muffin Bread with crumble topping? Yup that came out of the basic recipe too.

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I would just post the recipe without much ado today! Easy peasy and super delish and super healthy too!

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Yields : one 9″ square or circular cake

Time : 1 hr to 1:15 minutes

Kitchen Equipments Required : 2 big bowls, fork, electric egg beater, spatula, square or circular cake tin, parchment/butter paper (optional), oven.

Ingredients :

Whole wheat flour : 1&3/4 cup. You may use all purpose flour or 50/50 of each and even sub with a bit of oats flour too.

Banana : 4 over ripe or 2 cups mushed

Sugar : 1 cup. You may use half of brown sugar too.

Coco powder unsweetened : 1/2 cup

Almond meal, coarse : 1/2 cup. I use home made by processing the almonds in food processor. You may use pecans or walnuts as well.

Yogurt : 1/2 cup. You may use 2 eggs instead.

Vanilla essence : 1 tsp

Baking soda : 1&1/2 tsp

Salt : a pinch

Method :

  1. Preheat the oven at 350*F and line the cake tin with parchment/butter paper. Use may grease the tin and dust lightly with flour in case you are not using the lining paper.

2.In a bowl, add flour, coco powder, salt and baking soda and mix well with a fork. Keep aside.

  1. In another bowl, cream mushed bananas and sugar with electric beater for 3-4 minutes. We want light banana cream.

  2. Add vanilla essence and yogurt to the banana cream and blend well with the egg beater.

  3. Now add the dry flour mix to the banana cream, little at a time. Mix gently while scraping from the sides, with a spatula.

  4. Add the almond meal. Mix well.

  5. Pour the batter in the ready cake tin. Spread it out evenly. It is thick in consistency.

  6. Bake in the oven on the middle rack for 45 to 60 minutes. Do the toothpick test. If it comes out clean from the center, then it is done.

  7. For quick Chocolate Ganache, Click here.

  8. I served the muffin cake topped with ganache and light whipped cream and fresh cherries.

Note :
The muffin cake texture is more of brownie.
It is lightly dense but super tasty.
You may serve With fresh fruits of your choice like cherries, strawberries, blueberries etc.
The cracks in a banana cake are obvious so don’t be alarmed.

Do try and let me know.

Sonal

P.S : The guest post week started today. Stay tuned to explore 5 excellent bloggers with me with their recipes :). Some you may know and some you might want to know! I am just praying that I can squeeze them all in a week with family visiting ;).

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Comments

  1. Ruchita

    January 9, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    love it. Tried today. Super awesome.

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      January 9, 2015 at 11:33 pm

      Ruchita. <3

      Reply
  2. nancyc

    August 16, 2014 at 11:54 pm

    This cake sounds wonderful! I love the idea of the ganache topping!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      August 17, 2014 at 11:52 am

      Thanks Nancy ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  3. Pooja

    July 29, 2014 at 7:02 am

    Looks yum. Is it possible to make it sugar less ..what can b d best substitute!?

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 29, 2014 at 8:22 am

      Pooja,
      Bananas are naturally sweet. You may use Splenda or sugar free substitute of that is what you mean but have to lower the quantities since they are extra sweet.
      For a complete no added processed sugar version, you may increase the banana quantity for natural sugars or add 1/2 cup of home made apple purรฉe without sugar.

      Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 29, 2014 at 8:22 am

      The only difference is that it would be more dense in texture.

      Reply
  4. Holistic Wayfarer

    July 18, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    I would use sorghum syrup for sugar and lower the temperature (and run it longer), as nut oils are volatile and sensitive to high heat. It looks just wicked. =)

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 19, 2014 at 8:37 am

      Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  5. Deena Kakaya

    July 17, 2014 at 8:47 am

    I’m licking my fingers at just the sight of this recipe! Lovely photography here too x

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 17, 2014 at 10:27 pm

      Thanks Deena. I like my banana bread a little stale. Catches up more flavors.

      Reply
  6. Patty Nguyen

    July 8, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    Mmmm looks so tender!

    Reply
  7. Lori

    July 8, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    Looks fabulous!!

    Reply
  8. spiceinthecity

    July 8, 2014 at 1:14 pm

    Yummm… Sonal, you’ve taken banana bread to a whole new level with the ganache, almonds, cherries ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 8, 2014 at 2:12 pm

      ๐Ÿ™‚ Naina

      Reply
  9. mysimpledelights

    July 8, 2014 at 3:12 am

    Looks amazing Sonal!

    Reply
  10. tummytales2013

    July 8, 2014 at 12:44 am

    This muffin cake looks so yumm… Definitely worth a try

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 8, 2014 at 9:12 am

      Thanks

      Reply
  11. Priya Kedlaya

    July 8, 2014 at 12:13 am

    Just last week I made eggless banana bread with chocolate! I used baking powder (along with baking soda) and avoided the yogurt/egg as well! It’s such an easy, quick, and filling cake right? ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 8, 2014 at 9:12 am

      Yes :)). Everybody is enjoying with a little ganache topping ;).

      Reply
  12. cafegarima

    July 7, 2014 at 10:36 pm

    Sonal..what a delicious delight this is!! I am drooling BIG time!!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 8, 2014 at 9:12 am

      G muaah!

      Reply
  13. Ngan R.

    July 7, 2014 at 10:21 pm

    Looks delicious Sonal!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 8, 2014 at 9:13 am

      Thanks Ngan ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  14. Charanya

    July 7, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    Yum ๐Ÿ™‚ I have a post ready. Ain’t I one of them?

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 7, 2014 at 10:02 pm

      Are you for this month or next Charanya?

      Reply
      • Charanya

        July 8, 2014 at 4:35 am

        I thought you said July-Can do August ๐Ÿ™‚ Whenever you want ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
        • simplyvegetarian777

          July 8, 2014 at 9:11 am

          Sorry if I confused you Charanya :(. August please :).

          Reply
          • Charanya

            July 8, 2014 at 9:15 am

            Sure thing Sonal ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

  15. Anjana @ At The Corner Of Happy & Harried

    July 7, 2014 at 9:04 pm

    I love a good banana bread anytime ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 8, 2014 at 9:13 am

      Me too Anjana :).

      Reply
  16. Aditi

    July 7, 2014 at 7:13 pm

    Great recipe, Sonal! Love that it has WW flour although I am always a bit worried about using all WW flour, if I do use WW flour in cakes, I usually do half AP and half WW..Going to get myself to do this sometime too!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 8, 2014 at 9:13 am

      Let me know :). WWF does have a denser texture but nobody minds it here :).

      Reply
  17. tinywhitecottage

    July 7, 2014 at 6:02 pm

    I will try and let you know. This is a fabulous cake. So simple and if you can believe…I have everything on hand right now! Well, just not light whip cream…but I do have cherries! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  18. Chitra Jagadish

    July 7, 2014 at 4:13 pm

    Awesome sonal….

    Reply
  19. Traditionally Modern Food

    July 7, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    Looks like those yummy cakes are calling me to taste:)

    Reply
  20. [email protected]

    July 7, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    Delicious x

    Reply
  21. Malar

    July 7, 2014 at 2:43 pm

    Looks too good Sonal, will definitely give it a try soon ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      July 7, 2014 at 2:48 pm

      Thanks Malar :).

      Reply

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