This week is bananas - both the cake, and my life (see what I did there with my lame-it's-reeeeaaaaalllly-late-early-whatever BAD sense of humor - sorry about that).
Anyway, the Lots-of-ways Banana Cake, chosen by Kimberly at Only Creative Opportunities is a great recipe with lots and lots of options for what to do with it. It really got me thinking, and what I really wanted was a snacking cake with lots of goodies loaded into it. I didn't feel like coconut, so I opted to turn the cake into a halved-recipe (only 1 9-inch cake) banana-toffee-chocolate-pecan confection. I'm so glad I did because it was a delicious and imminently snackable treat.
I made a plethora of changes and wanted to save them, so I opted to post my version of the recipe over on my SLC Baking Examiner page at Examiner.com - just in case anyone else out there was looking for a very simple and snackable cake.
The cake itself turned out moist, and tender with just a little banana flavor. It is fairly dense for a cake, but not as dense as most banana breads I've had. I made a mixture of dark chocolate chips, homemade toffee chunks, chopped pecans and even added a little raw sugar on top for an extra crunch.
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Wow...now THAT looks amazing!!!!!
Wow Holly, what an amazing adaptation! I bet it tasted fabulous! Funny too, I did the same thing as you, except I realized I hadn't written my post (though all my ics were formatted and ready to go!) last night around 10 PM... just before I was heading to bed. Ha! This was my farewell post with TWD after almost two years of baking along. Hope you'll stop by and say goodbye!
This looks so good! I absolutely love things with lots of chocolate & nut goodies loaded in.
Your version of the banana cake sounds delicious! Thanks for baking with me this week!
Of all the banana cakes I have seen today, this one looks the best.
Ya Know, The first thing I thought of when I saw this cake was Bannoffee Pie. Great minds. Great minds.
Made your were it is delishably snackable. I was gonna make again anyway, so I will follow your example.
Yum I would eat that in a heartbeat! Im glad you enjoyed the recipe, I loved it!
I love the density of this cake, and the fact that it is crammed full of delicious ingredients! Delicious!
wow, that's the best looking one I've seen and the most creative! love it. great job!!!
Looks wonderful! What a fun cake.
ummmm--YUM!! my gosh, that's a great take on this cake!
What a fantastic looks cake!! I totally want some of this version.
yum! love the nuts and chocolate chips!
baking genius!
That sounds delicious, Holly! I'm always in favor of ditching the coconut. =P Pecans and chocolate look like great additions.
Oh, my, my! You took this cake to a new level with all the decadent garnishes. It looks fantastic. I layered & frosted mine, and I think this cake is better suited as a snack cake just like you did.
with all those goodies in it it s surely superb
When I read banoffee, I at first thought like banoffee pie, and was super intrigued. :P
This looks delicious, I'm sure the toffee must have tasted amazing.
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