Edible British Columbia

The New Years menu can be a common worry well, when it comes to the dessert we’ve got you sorted with this amazing banana and chocolate cake with custard.

What You Need ?

• 2 eggs
• 250g self raising flour
• 50g butter
• 100g chocolate chips
• 3 bananas
• 20g white chocolate (for decoration)
• 300ml of ready made or homemade custard

Method

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
• Grease a 30cm cake tin and line the tin with greaseproof paper.
• Take a mixing bowl and cream the butter and sugar together until a cream like consistency is achieved.
• Beat in the two eggs until all the ingredients are combined evenly and a smooth mix is achieved.
• Sieve the flour into the bowl and slowly fold, avoiding flour lumps and beating air out of the cake.
• In a separate bowl take a fork and mash up two of the bananas evenly and add this to the previous mixture until the mix is even.
• Mix in the chocolate chips and ensure an even distribution.
• Pour the cake mix into the tin and use a spatula to spread the top of the cake until level.
• Bake the cake for 25 – 30 minutes in the preheated oven or until a skewer can be placed through the centre and come out clean.
• Leave the cake to cool and then turn it onto a plate.
• Melt the white chocolate in the microwave until smooth and runny.
• Once cooled drizzle the white chocolate over the top of the cake.
• Slice the remaining bananas thinly and add as decoration to the cake.
• Heat the custard in preparation for serving.
• Slice the cake into a suggested six servings and serve hot or cold with the custard.