Choco Banana Cake

I had some leftover chocolate ganache from a previous bake and hence, I decided to bake a Choco Banana Cake! Chocolate and banana have always complement each other and have been added in crepes, ice-cream and, of course, cakes. This cake is no exception too. Yum yum!

Recipe with Pictures

Makes one 6″ two layered cake

Ingredient list:

• 1 plain sponge cake (see here or here)
• 1 banana

For the Chocolate Ganache Layer (A):

• 280g of compound chocolate
• 2/3 cup of whipping cream

Steps (A):

1. Double boil the couverture chocolate till melted and remove from heat.

2. Stir the whipping cream into the melted chocolate. Chill in fridge till ready to use.

Time to Assemble the Cake!

1. Spray *sugar water on the first layer of the cake.

2. Spread the ganache over the cake.

3. Place banana slices all around the cake.

4. Lay the second layer on top and spray sugar water on it.

5. Spread the ganache all over the cake decorate it. (I dusted some cocca powder on top of it).

6. Chill in fridge till ready to serve.

*sugar water is caster sugar dissolved in water in 1:1 ratio (ie. 10g of sugar dissolved in 10mls of hot water) and cooled to room temperature before using. This layer of sugar water would keep the cake moist.

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Comments:

The soft banana makes up for the hard sponge cake and hence, it was still a not-bad cake! As usual, my family finished the cake promptly within the day. Haha.