Chocolate Banana Cake

Ingredients

• 150 g dark chocolate couverture
• 2 Bananas
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 250 g butter
• 200 g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 400 g spelt flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 100 g Ground Almonds
• 100 ml milk
• 250 g dark chocolate couverture
• 20 g butter
• 50 ml whipping cream

Instructions

1. 1.

   Grease and flour a loaf pan if needed. Roughly chop the chocolate for the batter and melt it over a hot water bath, then let it cool again. Peel the bananas, cut them into pieces, and mash with lemon juice using a fork. Beat the butter with sugar until fluffy.

2. 2.

   Gradually fold in the eggs and melted chocolate. Mix spelt flour with cocoa, baking powder, and almonds; add to the butter mixture and stir in the milk. Finally fold in the mashed bananas.

3. 3.

   Pour the batter into the pans, smooth the tops, and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (fan 160 °C; gas: level 2–3) for about 25 minutes (test with a skewer). Let cool slightly, carefully remove from the pans, and set on a cooling rack.

4. 4.

   For the glaze, chop the couverture and melt it with butter and cream over a hot water bath, stirring until creamy. Cool slightly and pour over the chocolate banana cakes.