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Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake, the perfect coffee cake, a delicious combination of bananas and chocolate.  A yummy snack or dessert cake.

Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake, delicious banana crumb cake recipe, made with brown sugar, kids will love it!

Do you ever buy too much of something on purpose?  Well sometimes I buy too many bananas on purpose, (ok sometimes chocolate too!) just because I know I will have 2 or 3 that will become too mature and nobody will eat them.

That’s when I get to make this amazingly delicious banana cake with a crumb topping.  For me a crumb topping is the next best thing to frosting.

Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake, delicious banana crumb cake recipe, made with brown sugar, chocolate. Kids will love it!

I absolutely love cake and I mean cake, a cake with 2 or 3 layers and with a creamy buttery icing, and lots of it.  But unfortunately in my home I am the only one.

The Italian “too sweet” as he gobbles up 2 ice cream cones, “not the same thing” he continually proclaims.  Ok, sure.  My daughters, “too fattening”.

Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake, delicious banana crumb cake recipe, made with brown sugar, chocolate. Kids will love it!

So one of these days I am going to make myself one of those made for one cakes with that buttery icing I so love and deserve.

For now I will be content with this Banana Crumb Cake.  I have only known 2 people in my life so far who willingly eat bananas with the skin as black as night.

My mother was one and I suppose that is one of the reasons she rarely made this cake.

Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake, delicious banana crumb cake recipe, made with brown sugar, chocolate. Kids will love it!

This Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake is so moist, it must be my new favourite ingredient: Greek Yogurt.

If you noticed, I made it sky-high. I found myself a super, cute, deep  spring form cake pan.  If you don’t have a spring form cake pan a normal 8 inch cake pan will work.

Either way a sunny summer day,  a cup of coffee or tea and a piece of Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake and life is good!  Enjoy!

Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake, delicious banana crumb cake recipe, made with brown sugar, chocolate. Kids will love it!

Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake, delicious banana crumb cake recipe, made with brown sugar, chocolate. Kids will love it!
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Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake

Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake, delicious banana crumb cake recipe, made with brown sugar, chocolate. Kids will love it!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 303kcal
Author Rosemary Molloy / An Italian in my Kitchen

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CAKE
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg well beaten
  • 2 ripe bananas mashed
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • pinch salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt
  • CRUMB TOPPING
  • 2 tablespoons mini unsweetened chocolate chips
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon butter

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 375° (190° celsius). Lightly grease cake pan (8" square or 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch) (20 centimeters or 17 x 6 1/2 centimeters)
  • FOR THE CRUMB TOPPING
  • In a medium bowl mix together chocolate chips, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon cut in butter until it resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
  • Cream until light (3-5 minutes) butter, sugar and vanilla, add egg and mashed banana.
  • Add whisked ingredients alternately with Greek yogurt, starting and ending with sifted ingredients, beat until smooth.
  • Pour into cake pan, sprinkle with crumb topping and bake for approximately 1 hour (check for doneness with a toothpick, if using the deep pan it may need to make for 10 minutes more). Let cool before serving. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 303kcal
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Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake, delicious banana crumb cake recipe, made with brown sugar, chocolate. Kids will love it!

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  5. Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh says

    Stopping by from Tasty Tuesdays! I always have way too many bananas. Usually I freeze them as soon as they get to ripe to snack on, but next time I have a few, I’m making this! Banana anything is delicious, throw chocolate chips in the mix and that crumb topping, it just makes it extra special. 🙂

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  6. Catherine says


    What an absolutely gorgeous cake! I am so happy to have discovered you through the Yummly Recipe group. You have a beautiful site, Rosemary. Have a wonderful evening, Catherine

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  8. Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says

    Looks delicious and I do like the crumb topping. I swear that bananas clone in the freezer. When we get too many ripe bananas we freeze them and then lo and behold instead of the three or four I had thought was in the freezer there are eight or nine. So I drag out my banana chocolate chip muffin recipe. Your cake looks wonderful — next time I’ll have to make it with my cloned bananas 🙂 Have a wonderful Sunday!!

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