Nigella Lawson'S Chocolate Banana Cake
- vegetable oil cooking spray for cake pan
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup cocoa best-quality
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 cups mashed banana about 4 whole bananas
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- salt
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- sprinkles Yellow, optional
- Heat oven to 325 degrees. Oil or spray a 9-inch springform cake pan and set aside. In a large saucepan over low heat, melt butter with olive oil. Remove pan from heat.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa and sugar. Mix well. Add sour cream and mashed banana, and whisk to combine. In a small bowl or pitcher, whisk together vanilla extract, eggs and salt. Add to saucepan and whisk until smooth. Pour into cake pan.
- Bake until a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Allow cake to cool on a rack for about 15 minutes, then remove springform and allow cake to cool completely before icing.
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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Nigella-Lawson_s-Chocolate-Banana-Cake-1665705 (may not work)