Banana Cake with Chocolate Hazelnut Frosting
The idea for a Banana Cake came from my recent visit to Hawai’i, where I ate banana bread with abandon while simultaneously plotting how I could recreate this joy in my own kitchen. We focused most of our loaf-eating while driving the Road to Hana. My favorite was from Hana Farms where the small loaf was sweet and springy and packed with flavor. I’m not embarrassed to admit that it’s sugary sweet-spicy topping was my reason for getting out of bed one morning.
For this month’s post, though, I decided to deal with reality – what we call “bread” is, of course, cake. And realist that I am, I figured I should try to recreate and actual cake – with frosting and everything! – to acknowledge exactly what we’re eating. I’m sure I’ll return to try again the mini-loaf like the one from Hana Farms, but in the meanwhile, let’s eat some cake!
The cake and frosting are quick to make and bake – just don’t make the mistake I did, and frost the cake while it was still a little warm (which is, like the #1 don’t do in baking – sometimes truly don’t know why I do the things I do… ). The chocolate hazelnut makes this cake an extra special treat. If your cake comes out with a dome on top, just cut off the top to make a flat surface to frost.
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February 17, 2020This entry was posted in baking, cakes, quick and easy and tagged Banana, cake, chocolate, nutella.
