Chocolate Banana Bundt Cake
Moist and flavorful chocolate banana bundt cake with mini chocolate chips.
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE
- 1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups (300 g) granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup (64 g) light brown sugar, packed
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups (364 g) mashed bananas, about 4 medium-sized
- 1 tsp (4.2 g) vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups (310 g) all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (75 g) dark cocoa powder
- 2 tsp (8 g) baking soda
- 1 tsp (4 g) baking powder
- 1 tsp (6 g) salt
- 3/4 cup (193 g) buttermilk, at room tempetaure
- 3/4 cup (176 g) sour cream, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup (93 g) mini chocolate chips, before adding chocolate chips to cake batter, make sure to toss them in a little bit of flour. This helps prevent the chips from sinking to the bottom of the cake while the layers bake.
Instructions
FOR THE CAKE
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 12-cup bundt pan with non-stick spray and dust with flour, granulated sugar or cocoa powder. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and the sugars on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Gradually add the eggs, scraping the sides of the bowl with each addition, Mix for about 2 minutes on medium speed after all the eggs are added.
- Add the mashed bananas and vanilla. Stir until combined.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a small mixing bowl, stir together the buttermilk and sour cream.
- With the stand mixer on low speed, alternately add the the flour mixture and the buttermilk mixture, starting and ending with the flour. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 75 to 80 minutes. (You can also increase the baking temp to 350 F and bake for 50-60 minutes - either option will work for this cake).
- Let the cake cool completely in the bundt pan before inverting it onto a wire rack or your cake stand. This helps prevent the cake from sticking to the sides.