Best Banana Sauce For Chocolate Cake Recipes

WARM BANANA CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Grease 6-4 oz ramekins with butter and dust with flour.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together and set aside.
• Mix vegetable oil and sugar in mixing bowl, using electric mixer at medium speed until smooth.
• Beat in eggs and mashed bananas, using low speed.
• While continuing to beat at low speed, add sifted dry ingredients, slowly.
• Continue beating until mixture is thoroughly blended.
• Divide batter among prepared ramekins.
• Arrange ramekins on baking sheet and bake for 18-20 minutes until cakes are firm to touch and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
• Place on wire rack and cool for at least 5 minutes.
• Cakes should be served warm.
• MAKE THE SAUCE:.
• Place chocolate in bowl.
• Heat milk and cream in saucepan to simmer over medium heat.
• Pour over chocolate and let stand to soften chocolate.
• Whisk until blended.
• Whisk in vanilla extract.
• Set aside keeping sauce warm.
• MAKE CARAMELIZED BANANAS:.
• Place butter and sugar in skillet over high heat.
• Cook until sugar turns amber and caramelizes.
• Add sliced banana and continue cooking until completely coated.
• Remove from heat immediately.
• Remove cakes from ramekins and place onto individual plates.
• Pour hot chocolate sauce around cake, place scoop of vanilla ice cream onto plate.
• Arrange 3 of caramelized bananas around cake cake and garnish with walnuts.
• Serve immediately.
• Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE BANANA CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Spray bottom of a 9-inch round springform pan with no-stick cooking spray.
• BLEND cake mix, eggs, oil and 3/4 cup milk in a medium bowl until moistened. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan. Bake 38 to 42 minutes. Cool completely.
• BLEND pudding mix with 1 cup cold milk. In another bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Mix in pudding and banana extract. Blend in whipped topping. Remove 1 cup and reserve. Stir 2/3 cup fudge topping in small bowl until of spreading consistency. Slice bananas 1/4-inch thick. Dip 3 slices in lemon juice. Cover and reserve for garnish.
• PLACE 2 tablespoons fudge topping into the corner of a 1-quart resealable bag. Knead. Cut small corner off bag. Drizzle fudge topping over top of cake. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Garnish with reserved banana slices just before serving.
• REMOVE cake from pan. Cut in half horizontally. Cover bottom layer with fudge topping. Top with sliced bananas and 3 cups pudding mixture. Cover with top cake layer. Spread 1 cup reserved pudding onto center of cake.

GRILLED BANANA POUND CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Spray the inside of an angel food cake pan (easier to use) or fluted Bundt pan with nonstick spray. Lightly dust with sugar and set aside.
• In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter with the sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing each one in completely before adding the next. Add the mashed banana and the vanilla and lemon extracts. Add the baking soda and beat until completely incorporated.
• Add a third of the flour to the wet mixture, beating it in completely. Then add a third of the sour cream, beating that in completely. Continue to alternate flour and sour cream until all of it is incorporated. Beat in the salt, then pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 70 to 90 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let the cake cool for 5 minutes. Use a small metal spatula to carefully release the cake from the pan. Unmold the cake and let cool before slicing.
• For the chocolate sauce: Combine the cream, honey, brown sugar, cocoa powder and 1 cup of the chocolate chips in a saucepot over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, then add the salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce becomes completely smooth, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Off the heat, stir in the remaining 1 cup chocolate chips and the butter. Transfer to a jar and set aside until ready to serve.
• To serve: Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium high. Brush slices of the cake with some melted butter, and grill just until light grill marks appear, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove to a serving platter. Drizzle with chocolate sauce and enjoy.

BANANA SAUCE FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Place bananas in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.
• Peel the bananas and place the pulp in a mixing bowl.
• Mash with a spoon, then add the rum, sugar, cream, and vanilla.
• Serve sauce over chocolate cake!