Moist Choco-Banana Cake
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr 20 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
1
- Ingredients
- ½ cup sunflower oil (plus 1 tbsp for greasing)
- ¾ cup golden caster sugar
- 1 cup self-rising flour (sifted)
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup chocolate chunk
- 2 over-ripe Banana
- 3 medium eggs (2 of them separated)
- ¼ cup milk
Preparation steps
1.
Preheat the oven to 170°C (150° fan) | 325F | gas 3. Grease a 900 g | 2 lb loaf tin with a tablespoon of sunflower oil and line the base and sides with greaseproof paper.
2.
Combine the sugar, flour, bicarbonate of soda, cocoa powder, and chocolate chunks in a large mixing bowl.
3.
In a separate bowl, roughly mash the bananas with two of the egg yolks and the whole egg. Add the oil and milk, stirring well to combine.
4.
Beat the egg whites in a separate, clean, oil-free bowl with a pinch of salt until stiffly peaked.
5.
Add the banana mixture to the bowl of dry ingredients, mixing well to combine. Whisk in a third of the egg whites until fully incorporated and then gently fold through the remainder.
6.
Spoon the batter into the prepared tin. Bake for 1 - 1 hour 10 minutes until risen and springy to the touch; a cake tester should come out clean from the centre of the loaf.
7.
Remove to a wire rack to cool. Once cool, turn out, cut into slices, and serve with a cup of coffee.
