Banana Split Recipe with Chocolate Frosting

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A banana cake recipe makes an interesting dessert for both the young and the old; and when you combine it with gooey chocolate frosting it adds to the taste and gives you two-fold joy! Here is a simple banana split cake recipe that you can prepare at home and enjoy with your family and friends.

Ingredients:

• Unsalted butter – 1 kg

• Sugar – 3 cups

• Confectioner’s sugar – 2 cups

• Eggs – 4 (large)

• Cake flour – 2 ½ cups

• Baking soda – 1 teaspoon

• Baking powder – ¾ teaspoon

• Salt – ½ teaspoon (if you are using salted butter then skip the salt)

• Mashed banana – 1 ½ cups

• Sour cream – ½ cup

• Vanilla extract – 4 ½ teaspoons

• Egg whites of 5 eggs

• Yellow food coloring – 5-8 drops (depending on how yellow you want the cake to be)

• Semi-sweet chocolate chips

• Caramel sauce – ½ cup

• Sprinkles – 1 cup

 Method:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.

• Take a deep bowl and put 230 grams of butter and 1 ½ cups of sugar in it.

• Using a blender, beat the butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. This will take about 2-3 minutes.

• Break in the eggs, one by one, and mix until well combined.

• Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract in a separate bowl. Mix well.

• Add the dry ingredients to the egg mix, spoon by spoon, and keep beating on a medium speed.

• Once all the ingredients are mixed well, add 1 cup of mashed bananas and sour cream. Beat for another 3 minutes and your cake batter will be ready to bake.

• Grease a 9-inch pan and pour the batter in the pan.

• Bake in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes.

• In the meantime, on a double boiler, combine the egg whites and sugar and whisk them until well mixed.

• Take off the boiler and whisk some more until the mixture doubles in volume.

• Add 4 sticks of butter to the mix and whisk some more until even and smooth.

• Add ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract and ½ cup of mashed bananas and whisk until everything mixes and is of spreading consistency.

• Add 2-3 drops of food coloring to get the ‘banana’ color.

• In a separate bowl, combine chocolate chips, caramel sauce and the rest of the butter. Cook on low heat until the chocolate chips are melted and combined.

• Add the vanilla extract and confectioner’s sugar to the mix and combine well.

• Let it cool to room temperature.

• Once the cake is done, cool it on a wire rack before applying the frosting.

• Slit the cake in three layers horizontally.

• Place the bottom layer on the cake stand and spread the banana frosting on it. Sprinkle some sprinkles on the frosting.

• Place the second layer on top of the frosting and press lightly.

• On the second layer, spread the chocolate frosting and sprinkle some more sprinkles.

• Place the final layer on top of the chocolate frosting and cover all the sides of the cake with the rest of the banana frosting.

• Cover with sprinkles and put the cake in the fridge to cool for some time before serving.

• To serve, cut in slices and drizzle with chocolate sauce.