Ingredients

The following ingredients have 16 Servings
  • 1 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup walnuts (chopped)
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (can use half regular whole wheat and half all-purpose flour)
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup nondairy milk
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 3 large bananas (mashed)

Instruction

  • Make the streusel by mixing well all of the streusel ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.
  • Whisk together the sugar, oil and vanilla extract for a minute, either in the bowl of a stand mixer or with a hand mixer. If you don't have either, use a whisk but make sure you beat well for about 2 minutes.
  • Add the nondairy milk, vinegar, mashed bananas and applesauce and beat for another minute until everything is well incorporated.
  • Mix the flour with the baking soda and baking powder. Whisk.
  • Add the flour to the banana-oil-applesauce mix in two batches, beating for 20 seconds after each addition. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula to ensure everything's well integrated and you don't have any streaks of dry flour.
  • Oil and flour a cake pan. The one I used was a square pan that's 9 X 9 X 2 inches, but you can use a regular 8- or 9-inch cake pan if you'd rather.
  • Pour half of the cake batter in the pan and with a spatula make sure it is spread in an even layer. Sprinkle half of the chocolate streusel topping on the batter.
  • Pour in the remaining half of the batter and smooth over the chocolate streusel. Sprinkle the remaining streusel on top.
  • Bake the cake in a preheated 350-degree Fahrenheit oven for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool in the pan on a rack.
  • Slice and eat.