Chocolate Chip Banana Cake
This cake is a wonderful way to use bananas.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 sticks butter
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 3 bananas mashed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Chocolate Frosting Ingredients
- 4 cups confectionery sugar
- 1 stick butter
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
- 1/3 cup evaporated milk
- 1/4 cup pecans or walnuts chopped
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, mix in buttermilk, bananas and vanilla.
- Add flour, cocoa, oats, soda, salt and mix well. Fold in nuts and 1/2 cup chips. Pour into a sprayed or greased 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
- Sprinkle other 1/2 cup chips on top of mixture. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes.
Chocolate Frosting Instructions
- Cream butter until smooth. Add vanilla.
- Mix together sugar and cocoa.
- Add to butter along with a little milk at a time until frosting reaches spreading consistency.
- Add more or less milk as needed. Spread on cake. Top with nuts