Chocolate Banana Cake
Author: Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup cocoa
- 2 cups flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 3 mashed bananas
- 1 cup boiling water
- For Frosting
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 egg whites
- 3 Tbsp corn syrup
- 3 Tbsp cold water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine first six ingredients.
- Add eggs, coconut oil, buttermilk and vanilla, mixing well.
- Add the bananas, beating until smooth.
- Slowly and carefully add the boiling water.
- Pour the cake batter into a greased 9 X 13 pan.
- Bake in 350 degree oven for 30-40 minutes or until tests done with a toothpick.
- Cool cake completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting:
- Combine all of the ingredients in the top of a double boiler (that is already over boiling water)
- Beat with a hand mixer for 7 minutes.
- Stop when stiff peaks form (it may take more than 7 minutes and if you are making this on a very humid day, you may have trouble)
- Spread on top of COOLED cake.
