BBBeautiful Banana Cake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting

The most amazing banana cake recipe I have ever personally tasted.

I am a self confessed Banana hater.  I tell people I have a self inflicted allergy that comes from my mother trying to feed me my paracetamol crushed into bananas as a child.
Either way I gag at the smell and taste of bananas except strange enough when they are in baking...
I have only recently been able to peel and mash the old mushy brown bananas myself without gagging.

This recipe has turned me into somewhat of a banana baking enthusiast.  I don't know if banana cake is really a New Zealand thing but it is always adored by Kiwi's. This recipe was initiated into my repertoire after my NZ born Martial Arts instructor and close friend in London requested banana cake for his 30th birthday.
While baking it I noted that the raw mixture (before adding the raw banana) was delicious not to mention the absolutely mouth watering fudge frosting.!
After baby sitting it on the London Underground all the way to the club I witnessed it being devoured in approximately 5 minutes and vowed to make it again within the month just to be sure it really was that good.

It is moist, flavour filled and covered in the most delicious chocolate fudge frosting.

SCRIPT

2C Flour

1 1/2t baking soda

1/2t cinnamon

1/4t salt

1C Sugar

1C softened butter

2 Eggs

1t vanilla

1/2c buttermilk

(1/2T lemon J or white vinegar add 1/2C milk stand for 5 mins)

1C mashed banana

CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING

1Cup Sugar

1/2Cup Cocoa

1/2Cup milk

1/4Cup Butter

2T Maple  Syrup

1 - 1  1/2Cup icing sugar

1t vanilla

METHOD 

Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt - set aside

Large bowl - beat 1C sugar & 1C butter with mixer until light and fluffy.

Beat in eggs and 1t vanilla.

Gradually beat in flour mix alternately with buttermilk until smooth.

Stir in bananas

Pour into pan cook for 30-35mins on 180degrees C

Cool for 1 hour before frosting

FROSTING

In a saucepan - Mix sugar and cocoa

Stir in milk 1/4c butter and maple syrup

Heat to boiling

Stir frequently

Boil for 3 mins stirring occasionally

Remove from heat

Sift and beat in powdered sugar and vanilla with a spoon until smooth and spreadable.

Please Enjoy responsibly!

Try not to do what I did and find yourself on the floor covered in fudge icing having a chocolate conniption.