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Dry ingredients
2 cups flour (wheat flour or plain flour or a mix of both)
1 1/2 cup sugar or cane sugar (coconut sugar or palm sugar or jaggery)
?? cup cocoa powder (natural & not dutch processed)
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
wet ingredients
1 1/2 tbsp vinegar (i use apple cider)
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup hot water (add 1 tbsp more if using wheat flour)
1/4 cup oil or melted unsalted butter (i use coconut oil)
1 cup banana puree (about 3 medium) (2 tbsp More for wheat flour)
Preheat the oven to 160 c.
Grease a baking pan, sprinkle flour evenly.
Dust off excess.
Or line a parchment paper.
Set aside.
Puree the banana in a blender.
Mix flour, cocoa and soda.
Sieve them together thrice.
Set aside.
To a mixing bowl add sugar.
Pour hot water, oil, vinegar & vanilla extract.
Stir to melt sugar fully.
If using jaggery filter it.
Add banana puree.
Add the flour to the liquid in 2 parts.
Mix well to remove lumps, do not over do.
You can see the batter slightly rising up with bubbles.
Pour to the baking tray and bake for 40 to 50 mins, keep checking after 35 mins, skewer inserted must come out clean.
Let cool off fully before you move ahead to frosting.
For frosting please refer the step by step photos above.
This eggless chocolate banana cake tastes best the next day.
Refrigerate and consume the next day.
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