Double Chocolate Banana Snack Cake

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Holy Moses…I want you to know this Double Dark Chocolate Banana Snack Cake is so moist, with intensely rich chocolate flavor to our taste buds, we can’t stop eating it.  (In fact, it’s kind of addicting…mark my words.) Healthy and no eggs! 

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This is a super, yummy fudgy snack cake that will definitely cure your chocolate cravings.  Besides being easy to make, it stores well and purrfectly great for an after school snack for the kids with a cold glass of milk.   The flavors keep melding together the longer it sits…yum!  (Up to a week) 

You can eat it warm or room temperature.  Once you taste this Double Dark Chocolate Banana Snack Cake , you’ll see why we can’t stop eating it!

Now before you say, “That’s a bad thing!” if we can’t stop eating it!  Well….It’s too late. That moment has way passed.

You have second thoughts and say “Hell no!  I don’t give a rat’s moon, it’s chocolate freaking Caaaaake!!!  That’s all I need to know!”  You’re good to go!  Good thing it’s pretty healthy, because we get more…ha!  

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What’s in This Healthy Chocolate Banana Snack Cake?

So, my chocoholics!  Are you ready to find out what’s in this Healthy Chocolate Banana Snack Cake?

Ok, glad you asked!  It has healthy ingredients in it, like ripened bananas and unsweetened applesauce. And of course, the stars of the show, “double dark chocolate bliss” is in the cocoa powder and super dark semi-sweet chocolate chips!

Want to know more about Dark Chocolate benefits?  Dark chocolate is good for you!

Ingredients You Need

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How to Make Banana Chocolate Snack Cake

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    2. Spray 8×8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
    3. In a medium size bowl, stir mashed bananas, sugars, applesauce, water, and vinegar until thoroughly combined.
    4. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt until just until combined.
    5. Fold in ½ cup of chocolate chips and pour into prepared baking pan.
    6. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top.
    7. Bake for 30 – 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
    8. Let cool, slice and serve.

Healthier Alternatives

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Meowwwwwwwwww!  Purrfect, right?  Bring me the Double Dark Chocolate Banana Snack Cake!  Double the recipe, use a 9×13 pan! (You really should!!!)

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Double Dark Chocolate Banana Snack Cake

Kim Lange
This Double Dark Chocolate Banana Snack Cake is, rich, chocolatey and healthy too! No eggs, can be made gluten free and it's a chocolate lover's dream! Sign me up!
4.50 from 4 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 9 Servings
Calories 285 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 3 very ripe bananas
  • ½ cup granulated sugar or healthy granulated sugar sweetener, like Lakanto
  • ¼ cup brown sugar or healthy brown sugar sweetener, like Lakanto
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • cup water
  • 1 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips divided

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Spray 8x8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a medium size bowl, stir mashed bananas, sugars, applesauce, water, and vinegar until thoroughly combined.
  • Stir in flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt until just until combined.
  • Fold in 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and pour into prepared baking pan.
  • Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top.
  • Bake for 30 - 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
  • Let cool, slice and serve.

Notes

  • For even more healthier or sugar-free alternatives, use coconut sugar, stevia or lakanto replacements in place of sugar.  Same with the chocolate chips, replace with sugar-free chips.
  • Gluten Free Flour can be substituted for allergy friendly too.
  • Use dairy free chocolate chips for Vegan option.
  • Double the recipe, use a 9x13 pan! (You really should!!!)

Nutrition

Calories: 285kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 5gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 0.2mgSodium: 212mgPotassium: 353mgFiber: 4gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 31IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 75mgIron: 2mg
Keyword banana, chocolate, dark chocolate, snack cake
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13 Comments

  1. Interesting vinegar in the cake
    batter !! I have never heard of putting vinegar in a cake batter. I am assuming it is white vinegar, is that correct ?? I am definitely going to bake this cake today, so could you please give me a reply back on the vinegar question.
    Thank you ?

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