Description
Sweet banana streusel cake delivers comfort and nostalgia in one delightful dessert. Crumbly streusel topping and moist banana base create a perfect balance of textures that home bakers will savor completely.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¼ cups (226.8 g) mini chocolate chips
- ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- ¾ cup sugar
- ⅔ cup packed light brown sugar
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 large egg
- 3 tbsps buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preparation: Warm oven to 350°F (175°C) and fortify an 8×8-inch baking dish with butter or parchment paper for seamless cake removal.
- Streusel Crafting: Combine chocolate chips, brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl, blending until ingredients are thoroughly integrated.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a separate container, ensuring uniform distribution of leavening agents.
- Wet Mixture Transformation: Cream sugar, butter, and egg using an electric mixer until the texture becomes airy and voluminous, approximately 3 minutes.
- Moisture Integration: Fold mashed bananas, buttermilk, and vanilla extract into the creamed mixture, creating a smooth, cohesive batter.
- Batter Assembly: Gently incorporate dry ingredients into wet mixture, stirring minimally to prevent gluten development and maintain cake’s delicate structure.
- Layer Construction: Pour initial batter portion into prepared dish, spreading evenly, then sprinkle half the streusel mixture across the surface.
- Final Layering: Add remaining batter, ensuring complete coverage, and generously distribute the final streusel topping for maximum flavor complexity.
- Baking Precision: Slide cake into preheated oven and bake 45-50 minutes, monitoring doneness with a toothpick test—acceptable chocolate remnants are welcome.
- Cooling Ritual: Extract cake from oven and allow complete cooling on a wire rack before slicing into delectable squares.
Notes
- Banana Ripeness Matters: Use overripe, brown-spotted bananas for maximum sweetness and deeper flavor, as they provide natural sugars and intense banana taste.
- Avoid Overmixing Batter: Gently fold ingredients just until combined to prevent tough, dense cake texture and maintain a light, tender crumb.
- Streusel Distribution Technique: Layer streusel carefully between cake batter for a delightful crunch and swirled chocolate-nut flavor throughout each slice.
- Precise Baking Temperature: Stick to 350°F exactly to ensure even baking and prevent burning or undercooking of the cake’s delicate layers.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 11
- Calories: 392
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 129 mg
- Fat: 23 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 41 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 31 mg