Banana Cake with Ganache Pebble Decor
a #wholegrain Banana Cake simple decorated with ganache and chocolate pebbles
Servings: 1 cake
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoons ½baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 cup mashed bananas (about 3 very ripe bananas)
- 3/4 cup plain yogurt
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Decorating Ingredients:
- 1 recipe ganache See notes for recipe link
- 1/2 cup chocolate pebble candy Use more or less as desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a 10” springform cake pan or a 13” sheet pan with non stick spray.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.
- In a small bowl, combine the bananas and yogurt and mix to combine.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugar and mix until light and creamy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla extract and mix well.
- Add banana-yogurt mixture and mix well.
- Add flour in two batches, mixing well after each addition.
- Transfer to prepared cake pan. Bake for 1 hour, until a knife inserted comes out clean.
- To decorate, make chocolate ganache recipe and frost cake. See notes for ganache recipe link.
- Sprinkle chocolate pebble candy on top. Decorating done!!!
Notes
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