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Banana chocolate chip cake Edit Tags: Cakes, Desserts

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Author: livforcake.com Uploaded By: Shelly

Ingredients:

2 cups cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup mashed overripe bananas approx. 2 medium
½ cup buttermilk room temperature
½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
¾ cup mini chocolate chips tossed in 1 tsp cake flour
for the filling:
3 egg yolks
½ cup (104g) sugar
2 tbsp, plus 1 tsp cornstarch
1 ½ cups (360ml) milk
2 tbsp (28g) salted butter
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
For the frosting:
1 ½ c unsalted butter, slightly cold
6 oz cream cheese slightly cold
6 c powdered sugar
3 T heavy whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt

Directions:

For the cake:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Grease and flour three 6" cake rounds, line with parchment.
In a medium bowl, whisk cake flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside .
In a small measuring cup, combine mashed bananas and buttermilk.
Beat butter until smooth.
Add sugar and beat on med-high until pale and fluffy (2-3mins).
Reduce speed and add eggs one at a time, fully incorporating after each addition.
Add vanilla and mix until well combined.
Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour (3 additions of flour and 2 of buttermilk).
Fully incorporating after each addition, do not overmix.
Gently fold in chocolate chips.
Spread batter evenly into prepared pans and bake for 35-40mins or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean.
Place cakes on wire rack to cool for 10mins then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.
For the filling:
While the cakes cool, make the pastry cream.
Put the egg yolks in a medium sized bowl and gently beat them together, set aside.
11. Add the sugar, cornstarch and milk to a large saucepan and mix until combined.
12. Cook, stirring continuously, over medium-high heat until mixture begins to thicken and bubble.
13. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 2 minutes, remove from heat.
14. Add a little bit of milk mixture to the egg yolks and whisk together, then add egg mixture to milk mixture.
This process ensures that you don’t cook the egg yolks too quickly and get scrambled eggs.
15. Place the pan back on the heat and bring to a light boil.
Allow to boil for 2 minutes, stirring continuously.
16. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla extract.
Stir until smooth, then set in the fridge to cool completely.
For the frosting:
cream butter and cream cheese.
Add some powdered sugar, add whipping cream.
Add rest of powdered sugar, vanilla, salt.
Mix well.