EGGLESS BANANA CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F (175º C). Line a 9 x 13-inch (35 x 24 cm) baking pan with parchment paper. Lightly grease with baking spray with flour. 
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cocoa, and salt. Reserve.
• Stir together hot water and instant coffee power until the coffee is dissolved. Reserve.
• Using an electric hand mixer or a stand mixer, beat butter until creamy on medium-high speed, about 3 – 4 minutes. Add the sugar and beat on high speed for 4 minutes until creamed and pale, scraping down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Then add oil and vanilla and beat for 2 more minutes. And then, add sour cream, coffee mixture, and vinegar; continue beating until well combined, about 1 minute. 
• Turn the mixer to low and add the flour mixture in three batches, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture; beat until just combined, about 30 – 45 seconds. Do not overmix.
• Pour batter into prepared pan(s).
• Bake for 30 - 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool completely in the pan on a wire rack before removing it from the pan.
• Frost with chocolate frosting, if desire.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F. Grease with no-stick baking spray a bread loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until completely smooth. Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas; mix until combined. Add in buttermilk, vanilla, sugar; mix until well combined.
• Add dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; Mix to incorporate. Mix in walnuts (if using) and mix until just combined.
• Pour mixture into the prepared bread loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden pick comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven and allow the bread to cool completely in the pan set on a wire rack.
• Prepare the glaze: