Double Chocolate Banana Snack Cake

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Holy Moses…I want you to know this healthy 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! It’s a chocolate lover’s dream like this Easy Keto Chocolate Cake!

Sign me up!  More chocolate? You’ll adore these Salted Caramel Pretzel & Peanut Dark Chocolate Brownies, this Dark Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake and this Divine Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Pound Cake!

Why You’ll LOVE this Double Chocolate Banana Snack Cake

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!

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! It’s like a chocolate banana bread cake that’s healthy!

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

Ingredients You Need

Double Chocolate Banana Snack Cake recipe

• 3 ripe bananas
• granulated sugar or healthy sweetener of choice
• brown sugar or healthy brown sugar sweetener of choice
• unsweetened applesauce
• water
• white vinegar
• all-purpose flour
• unsweetened cocoa powder
• baking soda
• salt
• Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips

Instructions How to Make Double Chocolate Banana 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 mixture is thoroughly combined.
4. Stir or whisk in flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt until just until combined.
5. Fold in ½ cup of chocolate chips and pour batter into prepared 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.  Frost with a chocolate frosting if desired. 

Healthier Alternatives

• You can even make this more healthier by switching out the granulated and brown sugar with healthy sweeteners to cut down on sugar even more to make this sugar-free! For even more healthier alternatives, use coconut sugar, stevia or Lakanto in place of sugars.
• Gluten Free Flour can be substituted for allergy friendly!
• Use dairy-free chocolate chips for vegan option!  There are no eggs, so no worries there!
• Use sugar-free chocolate chips for sugar-free!

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

Want More Dark Chocolate Desserts?

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• Dark Chocolate Silk Pie! It’s Delectable!
• Salted Caramel Pretzel & Peanut Dark Chocolate Brownies
• Intense Dark Chocolate Mocha Latte Cookies

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

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 9 Servings

Calories 285 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 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
• ⅓ cup water
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips divided

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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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