Ingredients

The following ingredients have 11 Servings
  • Vegetable oil for greasing pan
  • 1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 scant cup (2 medium) mashed very ripe bananas
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 cup butter milk
  • 6 ounces (1 cup plus 3 tablespoons) semisweet chocolate morsels
  • 1/2 teaspoon confectioners' sugar

Instruction

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a fluted 10-cup Bundt pan. Using an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar until very soft, pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs one by one, then vanilla.
  • Add mashed bananas; batter may look speckled and grainy. Add flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add buttermilk, and mix until smooth. Fold in chocolate morsels.
  • Scrape batter into Bundt pan. Place pan on baking sheet in oven and bake until a tester inserted into cake comes out clean (except for melted chocolate), about 45 minutes.
  • Cool cake in pan for about 10 minutes, then unmold onto a serving plate. Allow to cool another 15 minutes, then dust with confectioners' sugar passed through a fine mesh sieve. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.