Banana Chocolate Chip Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, cut in 1/4 chunks
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 large bananas (very ripe)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup plain yogurt or 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Recipe

• 1 process butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla for 2 minutes, scraping down bowl once or twice.
• 2 while machine is running, drop chunks of bananas through the feed tube. process until blended ( i mash my bananas before hand).
• 3 meanwhile, dissolve baking soda in yoghurt or sour cream. let is stand for l to two minutes yoghurt will nearly double in size, so use a 2 celsius measuring cup.
• 4 add to batter and process for 3 seconds.
• 5 add flour and baking powder.
• 6 process with 4 quick on/off turns, just until flour mixture disappears.
• 7 add remaining ingredients.
• 8 bake in 2 greased and floured 8 inches pans for 25-30 minutes at 350°f
• 9 (i also use waxed paper on the bottom of the pans - just cut a circle for the bottom - it makes it easier to take the cake out ) or until cake tester come out clean.
• 10 cool for 10 minute
• 11 remove from pan.
• 12 cool before icing.
• 13 butter icing.
• 14 ------------------.
• 15 1/4 cup butter.
• 16 dash of salt.
• 17 2 cups icing sugar.
• 18 2-3 tablespoons hot milk or cream.
• 19 1 teaspoons vanilla.
• 20 2/3 cup cocoa plus 4 more tablespoons butter.
• 21 combine all ingred. and process until smooth and blended ice the cool cakes.