A couple of weeks ago I fancied baking a healthy-ish cake and I stumbled upon this Chocolate Banana Cake on Pinterest which suited my requirements perfectly. It contains Greek yoghurt, oats and bananas so I promise you it is full of healthy ingredients even if it doesn’t look it! The bananas and yoghurt make this cake really moist, airy and light – even a good 3 or so days after being made it tastes fresh. If you bake this, I seriously urge you to try this cake when it’s still warm as the chocolate chips are all melty and extremely delicious! But warm or not, this cake is definitely one I’ll be making again and again!
For The Cake Mixture:
1/2 cup plain Greek yoghurt
3 very ripe bananas
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1 and 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup oats
3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
1 hour | 12 pieces
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/ fan 160°C/ gas 4.
2. Grease a cake tin with a little butter and line with greaseproof paper.
3. Peel and mash the bananas.
4. Beat together the yoghurt, mashed bananas, vanilla extract and the eggs in a mixing bowl.
5. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
6. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir until just combined.
7. Gently stir in the oats and chocolate chips (set some chocolate chips aside for decoration).
9. Pour the mixture into the cake tin.
10. Scatter the remaining chocolate chips on top of the cake mixture.
11. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes before cutting.
This recipe was adapted from Greek Yoghurt Banana and Oat Bread
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This sounds absolutely delicious, I’m definitely going to have to give this a try :) I’m always looking for healthier recipes and I like that the ingredients are all easy to get hold of for this.
Love Holly x
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it really is delicious, you’ll have to let me know if you do make it :) xx
Mmmm this looks good. I mean banana cake on its own is yummy so I can imagine with chocolate chips it just gets better! Will have to try this since your cookie recipe went down so well last week when I made them :)
Emma xx // alittlefreckle
Yes it really is delicious – banana and chocolate goes so well together! :) I’m glad the cookie recipe was enjoyed! xx
Thank you Ioanna for such lovely recipe! The images make my mouth melt. It’s definitively worth the time to give it a try. I love banana cake + chocolate super energetic & healthy for the day.
Mafer, Concientizando x
you’re very welcome :) you’ll have to let me know if you decide to bake it yourself xx
This sounds amazing, that’s why I’m trying to make it now . You did forget to mention where you add the sugar on the instructions so I added it in the dry ingredients. I’m hoping it tastes as good as it looks.
Victoria xx
How did it turn out? Woops, good spot, I’ve added it in now, but yes add the sugar with the dry ingredients. xxx
That looks and sounds delicious.
And I’m the queen of using up left over bananas so anything healthier I can chuck them into is a winner.
M x
It really is delicious, and perfect for using up left over bananas xx