Banana Cake: A cinnamon-scented dessert recipe that uses ripe fruit.

A special, fragrant dessert, perfect for saving overripe bananas and also ideal for encouraging kids to eat fruit. Don't forget to add dark chocolate chips.

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banana cake recipe

BANANA CAKE RECIPE

La cake with banane It is a dessert with a refined taste, perfect for any occasion: excellent for breakfast with a cup of coffee, is ideal for a healthy snack for children in the afternoon instead of the usual snacks packaged full of preservatives. A cake, moreover, in perfect style "do not waste”: in fact, it allows recover the bananas forgotten in a corner of the kitchen and now too ripe. An excellent solution therefore also to convince the little ones to eat fruit. And to make the banana cake even more special, don't forget to add a teaspoon of cinnamon: you'll see what a smell it has.

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BANANA CAKE

All that's left for us to do is put on our kitchen apron and start preparing this delicious dish. banana cake:

Preparation: 25 minutes + 20 minutes to cool down

Cooking time: 30 minutes

INGREDIENTS (for 6-8 people)

  • 375g of ready-made or homemade shortcrust pastry
  •  80g dark chocolate chips
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 125 grams of sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 2 tablespoons of yeast
  • 500 ml of milk
  • 40 g butter
  • 1 teaspoon brandy or rum
  •  4 banana
  • 50 grams of dark chocolate

Preparation

Grease a baking pan 23 cm in diameter. Roll out 2/3 of the dough between two sheets of parchment paper until it's wide enough to line the pan. Remove the top sheet of paper and turn the dough out onto the pan. Use a pastry ball pasta To ensure the dough sticks well to the edges of the pan, then trim off the excess dough. Chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Heat the oven at 190°CCover the pastry with parchment paper and fill it with dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove the beans and paper and bake for another 10-12 minutes, or until the pastry is dry. Let cool.

While the pasta is still hot paid il chocolate to melt. Let it sit for 5 minutes, then spread it all over the dough with the back of a spoon or a spatula. Let it cool.

To prepare the filling Place the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla essence, and yeast in a bowl. Beat with an electric mixer for 2-3 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Bring the milk to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Once the milk boils, remove from the heat and slowly add the egg and milk mixture, stirring well. Bring back to a boil, stirring constantly, and cook for 2 minutes, or until thickened. Remove from the heat, add the butter and the brandy. Let it cool completely.

Cut the bananas into 3-4 mm slices., pour them over the chocolate, then put the creamLet everything cool. Decorate with more sliced ​​bananas and shaved chocolate.

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