Chocolate Espresso Banana Cake
Chocolate Espresso Banana Cake. Delicious snack cake features brown sugar, ripe banana, crème fraiche, vanilla bean paste, brown sugar espresso cinnamon filling, and brown sugar cinnamon streusel.
Equipment
- 1 (9-inch) springform pan OR (9-inch) round baking pan
Ingredients
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Streusel
- 100 grams light brown sugar (1/2 cup)
- 65 grams all-purpose flour (1/2 cup)
- 7 grams ground cinnamon (1 tablespoon)
- 70 grams unsalted butter (5 tablespoons), cold and cut into small cubes
Brown Sugar Espresso Cinnamon Filling
- 70 grams light brown sugar (1/3 cup)
- 3 grams ground cinnamon (1 teaspoon)
- 3 grams unsweetened cocoa powder (1 teaspoon)
- 7 grams espresso powder (1 teaspoon)
Banana Cake
- 160 grams all-purpose flour (1-1/4 cups)
- 120 grams cake flour (1 cup)
- 7 grams baking soda (1 teaspoon)
- 3 grams baking powder (1/2 teaspoon)
- 2 grams fine sea salt (1/4 teaspoon)
- 113 grams unsalted butter (1/2 cup), melted
- 100 grams light brown sugar (1/2 cup)
- 100 grams granulated sugar (1/2 cup)
- 100 grams egg (2 large), room temperature
- 1-1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (3 medium to large)
- 7 grams vanilla bean paste (1-1/2 teaspoons)
- 120 grams crème fraiche or sour cream (1/2 cup), room temperature
Instructions
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Streusel
- Add all-purpose flour, brown sugar, and ground cinnamon to small bowl. Stir to combine. Cut the cold butter cubes into the dry ingredients using the back of a fork or a pastry cutter until the mix resembles wet sand. Place bowl in refrigerator and chill until ready to use.
Brown Sugar Espresso Cinnamon Filling
- Add brown sugar, ground cinnamon, cocoa powder, and espresso powder to small bowl. Stir to combine. Set aside.
Banana Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan or 9-inch round baking pan with parchment paper.
- Add all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking soda, baking powder, and fine sea salt to small mixing bowl. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
- Add melted butter, light brown sugar, and granulated sugar to stand mixer. Beat on low until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating on low for about 15 seconds after each addition.
- Add mashed bananas. Beat on low until well combined.
- Add vanilla bean extract. Beat until incorporated.
- Add 1/2 the flour mixture to stand mixer. Beat on low only until incorporated. Add crème fraiche. Beat on low only until incorporated. Add remaining flour mixture. Beat on low only until incorporated. You do not want to over mix, once you start adding the flour into the batter.
- Transfer 1/2 the banana cake batter into the prepared springform pan. Sprinkle cinnamon filling over batter. Using a knife, create swirls in the batter. Top with remaining banana cake batter. Smooth top with offset spatula. Sprinkle chilled streusel evenly over top of cake.
- Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes. Insert toothpick into center of cake. If it comes out clean, its done. Otherwise, test again every 5 minutes until done baking.
- Remove from oven and cool on wire rack 1 hour. Remove sides from springform pan and cool completely.