Banana Chocolate Chip Layer Cake
- 2 1/3 cup flour reserve 1 tbsp, set aside
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract dark
- 3 bananas ripe, mashed
- 1 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips reserve 2-3 tbsp
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare cake rounds with non-stick cooking spray
- Combine dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt) in medium bowl; set aside.
- In large mixing bowl cream sugar and oil until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beat thoroughly after each addition then beat until fluffy.
- Add bananas; mix well. Add vanilla.
- Stir baking soda into buttermilk...science!
- Alternately add flour and buttermilk to sugar/banana mix, ending w/dry ingredients. Mix well, just until combined.
- Toss Chocolate Chips with 1T flour until completely coated; fold in all but the reserved Chocolate Chips
- Divide evenly among prepared pans, distribute reserved Chocolate Chips evenly across the top of each.
- Bake cakes approx. 32-36 minutes for 6" rounds, 40 minutes for 8" rounds
- Cool cake rounds for 10 minutes before removing cake to cooling rack
- Frost when completely cool.
Batter does not rise significantly.
Adapted from: Food Network.