Layered Banana Bundt Cake – Banana and Chocolate Banana
As these things tend to be, I had some bananas turning brown so I decided to bake. I looked through my cookbooks and then I turned a plain banana bundt cake into a layered banana bundt cake with a mix of chocolate and plain banana layers. It’s a deliciously moist cake that I will make again. The recipe is adapted from one of my favorite cookbooks, (affiliate link) The Perfect Cake from America’s Test Kitchen.
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Layered Banana Bundt Cake
serves 10 – 12
- 12 TBS butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sour cream, at room temperature
- 4 very ripe bananas
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 TBS vanilla
- 5 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 3 oz semi sweet chocolate, melted then cooled
- confectioner’s sugar for dusting
- Preheat oven to 350
- Thoroughly butter and flour a 12 cup bundt pan.
- Whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl.
- In a stand mixer with the paddle attached beat the butter, sugar, and vanilla on medium high speed until light and fluffy.
- With the mixer on medium, add the eggs, one at a time until well combined.
- Add the crushed, peeled bananas beat for about 1 minute.
- Turn speed to low and add flour in three additions and sour cream in two, beginning and ending with flour.
- Divide batter in half. Add the melted chocolate and cocoa powder to one half of the batter and combine well.
- Add the batter to your prepared bundt pan, vanilla first then the chocolate. Tap the filled pan a couple of times on the counter to settle the batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 60 – 70 minutes. Turn the pan about halfway through. Check for doneness at 60 minutes and bake for longer as needed.
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- Cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes then unmold and cool completely
- Dust with powdered sugar before serving.
How Was the Layered Banana Bundt Cake?
This is one tasty bundt cake. It’s so very moist and the banana flavor comes through – even in the chocolate portion. It’s even better on the second day. I love banana cakes so I sort of already knew I would enjoy this treat but that doesn’t make it any less delicious. I’ve made a banana split bundt cake, a chocolate banana bundt cake and even a tahini banana cake. Banana is a favorite flavor around this household.
