Published: February 28, 2011Updated: 05:26 September 13, 2012
Banana Chocolate Chip Snack Cake
45 minutes prep time | Makes 9 servings
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 8 inch x 12 inch baking pan
- Canola oil cooking spray
- 2 cups cake flour
- 2 Tbsp. low-fat, unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup (2 small) very ripe bananas, mashed
- 3/4 cup Mori-Nu Baking Blend*
- 2/3 cup unrefined cane sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 3 Tbsp canola oil
- 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Prepare Baking Blend:
Blend 1 package Mori-Nu Silken Extra Firm Tofu, 1 cup water, and 2 Tbsp.lemon juice or white vinegar well. Refrigerate in a covered container for up to 1 week.
Directions:
- Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees
- Coat the baking pan with cooking spray.
- Dust the pan evenly with flour and tap out excess flour.
- In a medium-sized bowl, sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk mashed banana, Baking Blend, sugar, maple syrup, canola oil, vinegar, and vanilla.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the banana mixture; mix with a spatula lightly just until the dry ingredients are moistened.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Per serving: 221 calories, 3.5 g protein, 38 g carbohydrates, 7 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol.
