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Chocolate Banana Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake

Chocolate Banana Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake

Chocolate Banana Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake - perhaps the best ever way too use those over ripe bananas you can never seem to get rid of. Turn them into this indulgent brunch or dessert cake.

Course Brunch/Dessert
Cuisine North American
Keyword coffee cake
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 12 or more servings
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

For the Caramel Sauce

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 tbsp water
  • 2/3 cup butter cut in small cubes
  • 1 cup whipping cream

For the Coffee Cake

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 3 medium ripe bananas mashed
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 3/4 cup lightly toasted walnuts

Instructions

For the Caramel Sauce

  1. Begin by mixing the sugar and water in a large saucepan. NOTE: I use a large saucepan of about 3-4 quarts or larger because the sugar foams up when you add the butter and cream so make sure you have a large enough pot.
  2. Boil the sugar and water over medium heat until the mixture begins to turn a light amber color. It is very easy to burn this mixture which can happen very quickly once the proper color is achieved, so have your butter and cream at the ready, as timing is crucial for this recipe.
  3. When the color is right, quickly add the butter and stir quickly until the butter is melted. Remove from the heat immediately and pour in the whipping cream, stirring constantly until the sauce is uniformly smooth.

For the Coffee Cake

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9 inch springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.

  2. Beat sugar and oil in a bowl until foamy. Add eggs and mashed banana. Mix well.
  3. Sift together dry ingredients and fold into banana mixture alternately with milk.
  4. Fold in walnuts. Pour batter into a greased 9 inch spring form pan.
  5. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of the caramel sauce over the batter (about 1/2 cup) swirl through the cake with the handle of a wooden spoon. Bake for 45 minutes to an hour until a toothpick inserted in the center which comes out clean; this is the best indicator that the cake is fully baked.
  6. Garnish with more of the caramel sauce and lightly toasted walnut pieces