Chocolate Banana Walnut Brownie Cake
Linda Edwards
Over-ripe bananas & never a free moment to bake. A dilemma I used to face often, but not anymore! How often have you looked a banana in the face & thought you’d better use it before it becomes history? My kids will eat a banana only if it’s fresh, with a bright yellow peel, & above all, it’s got to be ‘good looking’.
Tall order for this humble fruit which is said to contain everything a human needs and they contain all the 8 amino-acids our body cannot produce itself. Eat at least one banana a day, as they are a good source of fiber, potassium and vitamin C. 
The ‘one banana a day’ is a mandatory unwritten rule I’ve laid. When the kids were younger, till a couple of years ago, it was banana shakes in the morning that took care of the ruling. But they somehow grew out of the shakes & began to put up strong opposition. Hmmmm … how come they never grow out of chocolate? 
There was a time that I didn’t get them into the banana muffin or chocolate chip loaf in time, & they guiltily landed up in the bin. While writing an article for Daily Tiffin some time back , ‘Waste-The Demon of Despair’, I discovered this better way out. In the larger interest of an increasing burden of food waste in the world, maybe you can give it a go too? 
Freeze it! Yes indeed, freeze the overripe banana & then use it when you find time. I do just that, & made this delicious chocolate banana walnut brownie cake the other day, somewhat on the lines of the Starbucks Ultramoist Chocolate Cake.The hub declared it the best & moistest cake ever … & I’ve made it a couple of times since. I can gleefully declare that I have a couple of bananas freezing their peels off as I write…brrrrrrrrrr!! By the way, you can make this brownie cake with regular ripe bananas as well of course.
CHOCOLATE BANANA WALNUT BROWNIE CAKEIngredients:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup vanilla sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed bananas (I used 4 small frozen ones)
1 egg
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup buttermilk (subs: 1/4 cup milk + 1/2 tsp white vinegar, left to stand for 5 minutes)
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup streusel mix for sprinkling on top (optional; I had some left-over from my coffee cake muffins)
Method:-
Preheat oven to 175C. Line a 11 X 8 tin with baking parchment.
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In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
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In a separate bowl, combine bananas, egg, melted butter, vanilla extract and buttermilk. I used the hand beater.
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Stir banana mixture into flour mixture until blended. Be careful not to over mix. Gently stir in the chopped walnuts. Even out & sprinkle the top with streusel mix if desired; else just mini chocolate chips will do fine. You can omit the topping altogether if you want.
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Pour batter into pan. Bake at 175C for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
I’m sending this off to For The Love of Chocolate @ Tasty Treats for Purnima’s event celebrating her fave ingredient, CHOCOLATE. Chocolate does make life better, doesn’t it?
Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
53 Comments
Eliana
I’m not a fan of raw bananas but I love them baked into cakes and breads. And your’s looks fantastic.
Barbara Bakes
Another amazingly beautiful post!
Asha
Yummy chewy chocolatey brownies, perfect for snacking.
Snooky doodle
Oh these look so moist and chocolatey. Just a dream cake or better say brownie :)nice way of eating bananas 🙂
Helene
I always have ripe bananas. We love banana cake. This one looks delicious. I wish I had a fruit seller. We don’t have this in Canada.
Poornima Nair
Thanks for that awesome entry. These brownies are any chocoholics dream come true:)…they look divine.
Ria Mathew
D!!! Stunning!!! I’m definately giving this a shot soon!! 😀
Sathya Sankar
These brownies looks wonderful, very moist and delicious.
Nice click as always 🙂
Pavani
I can have more than one banana a day if they are made into these scrumptious brownies. They look delicious. Great pics.
Nicisme
Omit the topping? You’ve got to be kidding, that’s the best bit!!
Delicious!! And I like the new layout, terrific!!
Superchef
this one reminds me that it is time for me to make some banana bread!!!
Gloria
I think look soooo delicious deeba, so nice!!! Your pics so nice too! xxGloria
Dawn
boy I think you covered every perfect ingredient here: bananas, chocolate, walnuts, buttermilk! what a combo indeed!
Lucy
Deeba, I’d have to agree with Dawn…. just a perfect combo! Yum!
Tali
Im going to lie to myself and say that as it contains walnuts it is imensly good for my bad cholestorol!!
Fantastic recipes and presented so well.. i actually think ill be able to try to do some! 🙂
Kerstin
Looks amazing – how creative! I love your addition of streusel on top!
Arwen from Hoglet K
How come they never grow out of chocolate? I certainly never will. The idea of a moist banana chocolate cake sounds divine!
bee
this looks delicious. jai makes a very similar muffin with buttermilk and bananas and walnut and some chocolate.
Reeni♥
I eat a banana first thing every morning! I hate when I run out of them. You put them to such delicious use here. It looks moist, dense and so dark and chocolaty!
coffeegrounded
I’ve heard it said, but I’ve never had proof…until now!…no more composting the old fruit, I’m freezing them from now on. This recipe is a keeper, too, chocolate AND banana? Heaven!
Nachiketa
Won’t eat a banana for anything….
only in a dessert can it go in me….
DG at Diary of a Mad Bathroom
Oh mercy me! I almost fell faint when I looked at this cake. I am baking this as soon as my bananas get mushy! Thank you for the great recipe.
Bellini Valli
This is a new ti me and delicious way to serve up those bananas.
MeetaK
i am drooling – this is what i need right now!
meeso
You have paired up so many goodies, like chocolate, banana and walnuts… then used them to make brownie cake, wow! The name really says it all!!! So decadent!
redmenace
What a lovely blog! I am really looking forward to exploring it. I went to India in January for the month and my heart is still crying out to go back!
This recipe looks fantastic!
Manggy
The day they grow out of chocolate is the day we wheel them into the asylum 😛 I love the chocolate-banana combination forever and ever.
Kevin
Those brownies look so good! I really like the use of the bananas.
Aparna
Sounds delicious, Deeba. You know I love chocolate and I do really like bananas, thoug I prefer them as fruit.
Btw, I think you could leave out the egg (if you want), since there’s a lot of banana in this cake.
Hanaâ
Chocolate, bananas, streusel (sans walnuts)… what’s there not to love? Great recipe, Deeba. Lovely pics too.
Hélène (Cannes)
This cake looks fabulous. I’m sure it tastes fabulous too … Never thought that I could freeze bananas but it’s a good idea … I often make a banana and walnut bread. I’ll try your cake soon !
Have a good day !
Hélène
Donna-FFW
OH Goodness, this looks delicious. I am going to have to try it, bananas are my favorite thing to bake with!!
Divya Vikram
Lovely color. looks moist n rich. Thanks for the freezing banana tip!
lisamichele
OH GOD, pure heaven! The combo of chocolate and bananas in a brownie cake is mouth watering, and naturally, your photos are also mouth watering and gorgeous! Beautiful everything as usual, deeba!
farida
Yummy yummy! YOu can never go wrong with chocolate and banana – they make a great couple:) I like the idea of pairing them in a brownie.
lisaiscooking
Your cake looks rich and moist and perfect! And, I love bananas with walnuts.
Ari (Baking and Books)
No way, you can freeze bananas! Very cool. I am often faced with overripe banana conundrums since I ONLY like to eat them when the peels are green. Weird, I know.
Dragon
I love any dessert with banana in it. Yum!
Bharti
I have three frozen bananas in the freezer right now. I do this often..and yes everything is better with chocolate. This looks yummy.
zurin
that brownie cake looks soo good and I love bananas in cakes. m bookmarking this!
Lori Lynn
That looks so good!
One of my favorite snacks as a kid was chocolate covered frozen bananas. Haven’t had one in years. This reminds me of a grown-up version.
LL
Lavanya
oh my god..i cant belive this..such a wonderful blog..lovely baking items..i couldnt stand without trying..i will definetly try your items..thnaks for the sharing!!
Jeanne
I can’t stand bananas – but I do like banana bread/muffins/cakes – go figure (or there goes my figure!!). These look SUBLIME – definitely bookmarking them! And you are the second person that’s told me to freeze overripe banans – maybe when we finally get into our new house with a separate freezer (!) I will have space to try this…
Shehna
Hi,
This is the first recipe that I have tried from your blog. Just finished taking the first bite and it has come out absolutely delicious!!! Thank you for posting such wonderful recipes.
stephchows
freezing bananas is totally the way to go! Then you always have them on hand when you are crazing something tasty like this! Looks delicious!
Avanti
Have some ripe bananas that are about to go bad. This seems like a great use for them.
Sudha
I made this last week and it turned out to be delicious. I susbsituted 1/2 cup of white whole wheat flour and also flax seeds for 1 egg. It was great!! Thanks for the wonderful recipe. You have an amazing blog. Keep up the great work!
Feyza S.
tried your recipe; It was yummy 🙂 Thank you!
Deeba @ PAB
Thank you Feyza. You do have some delicious recipes on your blog, but I couldn’t find an English translator. Please add one if possible. Thank you!
Feyza S.
Dear Deeba,
I’m happy that you liked my blog. I used to have an English tarnslator in the past, but then I thought that I do not have any visitors from English-speaking countries. Thanks to your post, I changed my mind and I added an English translator on the right column. Please do visit my blog and translate whichever recipe you like. If you have problems, please do not hesitate to ask 🙂
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Magnificent site. Plenty of useful info here. I am sending
it to some friends ans additionally sharing in delicious. And certainly, thank you to
your effort!
Poonam Takwal
Hi Deeba.. I m going to try this recipe today…. Could u also, pls provide substitute for the egg… My in laws r vegetarians…. Wud like to bake this fr my Mil’s bday thts cmg up….
Krithika Ramachandran
Turned out really good. Thanks for the recipe.