GRINNIN' GORILLA BUNDT CAKE

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Provided by Laurie Lenartowicz @llenartowicz

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Number Of Ingredients 18

2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1 pinch(es) salt
1 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
3 medium ripe bananas, mashed with fork
1/2 cup(s) sour cream
1/2 cup(s) softened butter
3/4 cup(s) finely chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup(s) granulated white sugar
1/2 cup(s) light brown sugar firmly packed
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
3/4 cup(s) semi-sweet chocolate chips
OPTIONAL GLAZE TOPPING
1/2 cup(s) powdered sugar
1 tablespoon(s) Kahlua or banana liquor
1 teaspoon(s) milk, cream or half n' half

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Adjust oven rack to center position. Grease and flour a 10-12 cup bundt pan.
In a medium bowl, mix flour with baking soda, salt, baking powder and cinnamon. Add the walnuts into the mixture and coat well. Set aside.
Mash bananas with a fork in a small bowl and add in the sour cream. Set aside.
In a stand mixer bowl or a large bowl with hand mixer, beat the butter and sugars at low speed.
Add the eggs in one at a time until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla.
To the butter/sugar/egg mixture, add in the flour alternating with the banana mixture.
Mix at medium speed until all ingredients are incorporated.
Fold in the chocolate chips.
Pour the batter into bundt pan.
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until cake tests done with a toothpick.
Let cake rest for 10 minutes in the baking pan and then invert over a caking rack to cool completely.
Dust the cooled cake with powdered sugar or make a glaze with the milk, powdered sugar and Kahlua if desired. Drizzle over cooled cake. Store at room temperature under a cake dish or tightly wrapped.