An easy and extra moist recipe: the Chocolate banana cake ! Gourmet and light, almost melting, with a delicious taste of banana and chocolate chips. As quick to prepare as it is to devour! Perfect for a snack or dessert to delight your loved ones...
What you'll love with this chocolate banana cake
- flavors : the delicious combination of banana and chocolate! A real treat in every bite... Especially if the bananas are ripe!
- Texture : extra soft! Thanks to the bananas in particular which bring a lot of moisture to the cake batter.
- Difficulty level : really very easy to make! In fifteen minutes, the banana chocolate cake is in the oven, what more could you ask for? I baked this cake in a 20cm round springform pan of diameter.
Ingredient details
- bananas : for this cake, you need very ripe bananas. If their skin is blackened, that's great because they will be even more fragrant! Size-wise, they're more of a small/medium size.
- sucre : I use two different sugars in this recipe, regular white powdered sugar and brown sugar.
- eggs : big caliber for this recipe.
- chocolate chips : I take maxi chocolate chips with 50% cocoa (you can easily find them in the pastry department). Otherwise you can make them yourself by chopping a bar of dark pastry chocolate.
How to make a chocolate banana cake?
- Mash the bananas with a fork
- Mix the wet ingredients on one side
- Add the bananas
- Separately, mix the dry ingredients and then add them to the dough
- Finish by incorporating the chocolate chips.
- We decorate the top of the chocolate banana cake and bake!
NB: the quantities of ingredients and the detailed recipe are given at the bottom of the page.
My tips for a successful chocolate chip banana cake
- Are your bananas not ripe enough? Preheat the oven to 150° traditional heat, and place your bananas on a baking sheet (whole with their skin) for 30 minutes. They will become very soft and fragrant.
- Do not overmix the batter once the flour has been added: this keeps the cake moist after baking.
How to store your chocolate banana cake?
This chocolate banana cake can be stored at room temperature 3-4 days approximately, under an airtight cover away from sunlight. If you put it in the refrigerator, it will lose its softness, which is a shame, so I don't recommend it.
You can also freeze your chocolate cake banane : either whole, or in parts already cut and placed in individual sachets in an airtight box.
Other recipes to try
If you like easy recipes for a snack, I advise you to take a look at these other recipes from the blog:
- Chocolate Pear Charlotte
- Chocolate vanilla zebra cake
- Far Breton with prunes
- White chocolate brownies
- Very moist lemon poppy seed cake
- melting brookies
If you make this banana chocolate cake, please rate the recipe below and tag @liliebakery on Instagram so I can see your beautiful cakes!
- 4 ripe bananas small/medium size
- 50 g light brown sugar
- 50 g granulated sugar
- 110 g melted and warmed sweet butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cc natural vanilla extract
- 150 g all-purpose flour
- 0,5 cc salt
- 7 g baking powder
- 120 g large dark chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 180° traditional heat. Butter a round mold of 20cm then add a disc of parchment paper in the bottom to facilitate the unmolding.
- Peel 3 bananas (keep one for decoration) then mash them with a fork.
- In a container, pour the warm melted butter and the two sugars. Whisk to mix. Then add the eggs and vanilla, then the mashed bananas.
- Separately, mix the flour, baking powder and salt. Then add these dry ingredients to the batter. Mix just enough so that you no longer see the flour (do not overmix).
- Finally, add the large chocolate chips (setting aside 1 tbsp of chips for decoration).
- Pour the batter into the mold. Cut the last banana into slices and place on top of the dough. Add the last chocolate chips.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, this varies according to your oven and according to the desired final texture, more or less melting. You can check for doneness with a wooden pick.
This cake is a real gem! Made in 10 min, it has a softness of madness, super addictive and very very greedy!! My minis and I quickly devoured it… we just have to make another one very quickly.
Thank you for this delicious recipe!
Hélène, thank you very much for your feedback!
Excellent ! Ultra soft, very fragrant, super easy to make and as always, a very well explained recipe! Thanks for helping us have fun!
Thank you very much for your feedback Astrid! :) See you soon
Delicious! had a due success, I just reduced the sugar by 5%. Advantages: simple and fast.
Thank you Aurora!
Recipe made upon publication... A real killer! Quick and easy cake to make, the recipe is set aside!
Thanks Sarah for your feedback! See you soon :)
Recipe tested and approved! Very easy to make and very good! Thanks for the recipe :-)
Thank you Celine for your feedback! See you soon :)
Hello !
Tested and adopted, it is excellent and very soft. Neither too strong in bananas nor not enough :-)
Thank you very much for this new recipe :-)
Thank you very much Caroline! See you soon :)
I just discovered your site and I tried this dessert... without a doubt the best banana/chocolate cake I know!!! A pure delight, especially when it is still warm! Thank you for this recipe.
Thank you very much Delphine for your feedback! Still warm, you're right, it's very good! See you soon :)
Cake made in a day center with elderly people who liked the simplicity but loved eating it even more, thank you for your recipes
Oh thank you Angélique, I'm glad the cake pleased the elderly! It's really nice! See you soon :)
Hello,
Simple recipe, quick, very well explained and an excellent result, as always!
The cake is really very soft, not very banana-like and very greedy!
Thank you for this recipe which will very often replace my banana cake.
Thanks Patrick for your feedback! It's true that it's addictive, and light at the same time! See you soon :)
We sleep this cake. I make it again. Today a lot of ripe bananas because back from vacation. So 1 in cake version to share and in individual muffin version that I will freeze. We will see the result. Thank you very much. Looking forward to trying other recipes from the blog. Strawberry Tiramisu will surely be the next one
Thank you very much for your message Anna! See you soon :)
It's cooking for my mother's birthday tomorrow, wow it smells sooo ...
Thank you Delphine :)
Tried it today! Top!
Thank you very much Charlotte! See you soon :)
A massacre !
Baby just turned 1 and I wanted to introduce him to chocolate...
I hadn't given him any added sugar yet so I modified the recipe a little.
I just put a packet of vanilla sugar instead of the dose of sugar...
I put 1/2 more banana in the dough, and 1/2 less for decoration...
Between baby, dad and me, the cake didn't last long! It was a killing!
The dad, who is nevertheless addicted to sugar, helped himself to another one...
1 week later, he still talks to me about it...
(He doesn't do that with broccoli, oddly enough...)
really, I'm keeping the recipe, thank you!
Thank you Julie for your feedback! Glad your whole family is enjoying it :) See you soon!
I didn't know what to do with my overripe bananas... and here it is! It’s delicious, super soft! Really great!! THANKS
Thank you so much Adelaide!
Good idea for softening bananas in the oven never done before
I looked for the doses at the bottom of the recipe....
Hello Sofie, this is a tip that can really help! See you soon :)
Hello and thank you for this great recipe, simple and effective, I added 2 tablespoons of Nutella to the dough, perfect
Hello Laura and thank you for your feedback! See you soon :)
To do and to redo. It's too good. Thank you for this recipe. Everyone loves it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you very much Cécile! It's hard to resist him, you're right ;))) See you soon
I knew the simple banana version but the chocolate banana recipe is even better. Thank you for this delicious recipe that I made for a meal with colleagues and which was very popular. A real delight.
Thank you very much Ghislaine! Glad you like it so much! See you soon :)
I'm not a fan of banana-based desserts but I must admit that this recipe is delicious! Not too sweet and very soft, a good way to recycle your browned bananas. To do again :-)
Thank you very much Raphaëlle! I am delighted to have reconciled you a little with bananas then! :) See you soon
This cake is delicious and I have gained many fans around me. It is extremely moist and not too sweet for my taste. However, I added one ingredient from the start: rum which I add when I mash the bananas. So, I don't add vanilla because you wouldn't smell it.
A delight… for adults!
Thank you very much Laurence! Glad you like it! See you soon :)
I had some bananas left that were starting to turn black, they ended up in this cake!
Very good dessert. the cake remained soft for 3 days
Thanks Pierre! It's true that it is particularly soft, and keeps very well! See you soon :)
Cake made this evening, easy to make, very soft and fragrant. I would happily do it again. Thank you for this recipe.
Thank you very much Corinne! See you soon :)
Cake made this afternoon with my daughter. We loved the texture and the banana taste, which was surprisingly not too strong. We'll do it again :) Thank you for this recipe.
Thank you very much Sandrine! Banana and chocolate together is sooooo good :) See you soon
Great recipe, very easy to make, perfect for a birthday, very good, exactly as in the photo.
I recommend making this cake because; it is very easy to make (so if you ever have to make a cake and you don't really want to make one, do it, I recommend it);
Very good ,
And then exactly as in the photo! It's rare !
Do it, and you won't be disappointed!
Elsa.
Thank you very much Elsa! I'm so glad you liked it! See you soon :)
Excellent !! A perfect recipe, we enjoyed it! Soft and very delicious cakes which will delight those who love bananas and chocolate!! (I've already started making two more because it was so good! Hahaha)
Thank you very much Mélina for your feedback! See you soon :)
I discovered your blog and your recipe a few months ago, I must have made it about 10 times since then and it's STILL a megaaaaa success, thank you!!!
Oh thank you very much Marie! Glad you like it so much! See you soon :)
Really very good! I reduced the sugar because we eat very little (40 g of brown sugar) and it was delicious. Took it to work one day later and it was unanimous among colleagues too. A delight!
Thanks for your feedback! I imagine your colleagues must have been happy :) See you soon
Hello, just wow. This cake is amazing. I have already made several chocolate banana cakes but your recipe is the best for me. So soft and melting at the same time. As my son says: Mom, it's crazy
Thank you for this recipe
Thank you very much Melanie! Banana is really ideal for the softness, and I agree with your son, this cake is amazing :) See you soon
Like every recipe I make from your site: great. Thank you.
Oh thank you very much Céline! So happy that you like my recipes! See you soon :)
A treat, this cake is the family's favorite for lunch.
The recipe is perfect
Thank you Aurélie, glad you like this cake! See you soon :)
Thank you for your very good recipe! I made it last week. We really appreciated it! And today I put the remaining portions that I had frozen in the microwave and it was also perfect thank you very much. I will surely try other recipes!
Thank you Johanna for your feedback, I'm glad you like this banana chocolate cake! See you soon :)
Hello and thank you for this excellent recipe.
this cake is killer!!!
Thank you very much Christophe! See you soon :)
A killer!!!
I let myself be tempted by a dose of dark rum in the melted butter to accompany the banana… They all fell on the floor!
Thank you for this unmissable recipe.
I just bought some more bananas to let them ripen.
Thanks Michel! See you soon :)
Great recipe for a chocolate banana cake! Very soft and airy.
I just removed the white sugar and added 75 grams of organic whole brown sugar for the "sugar" part. For the chocolate chips, I took a bar of dark dessert chocolate cut with a knife to have large chips for the even more delicious side. We enjoyed it.
Thank you very much, Virginie! I'm glad you like this banana chocolate cake. See you soon :)
very very very very very good thank you very much I am very happy
I love it, I made it for my sister's birthday.
Honestly, thank you so much for this recipe! I often make banana chocolate cakes for breakfast and every time they become hard as a rock the next day... This one is soft when it comes out of the oven and stays that way until the day after. The advice not to overmix the mixture once the flour is incorporated is excellent
Thank you very much Cya! See you soon :)
Excellent cake, incredible melting, soft texture, it didn't last long yesterday and here it is again baking in the oven, I'm still thinking about it... Thank you for the recipe
Thank you Lamia! See you soon :)
Excellent recipe, even if you reduce the amount of sugar. Very moist. Will make it again soon.
Thank you Isabelle! See you soon :)
Incredible, this cake is super good. Simple and effective. Thank you.
Thanks Lyly! Glad you like it! See you soon :)
Delicious and very easy to make!
Thank you Servane! See you soon :)
Super good and very simple! I have already made several banana cakes and cakes but this recipe is the best. One of my children who does not like this kind of banana cake, as soon as he tastes it, he never wants to finish his piece but this cake, he ate his whole piece ;-)
Thank you for this delicious recipe that I will definitely make again.
Oh that's great then! Thanks Najma, see you soon :)
Honestly, nothing to complain about, it's just the ultimate chocolate banana cake recipe.
Thank you very much Sarah! See you soon :)
Well, this is really the best, I've tried 5 different ones in 1 year, and unanimously it's this one that everyone agrees on, soft, melting, the proportions are perfect! Thanks Lili!
Thanks Damien! See you soon :)
I made this cake this weekend with my 2 and a half year old son.
A great family moment and a simply delicious cake!
Simple, quick and ultra soft! It keeps really well for several days.
Thank you for this recipe!
Great! Thanks Fanny! See you soon :)
Great recipe! I just cooked it for less time, 25 minutes is enough...more melting... also with large, poorly cut shavings of dark chocolate mixed with the chips. Yum!
Thank you Diane! See you soon :)
What a treat, it's so soft!
For my part, I added a small glass of Malibu coconut
Thanks Erwan! See you soon :)