Bananas and chocolate are a classic combination. Try this banana-chocolate crumb cake with fair trade ingredients for a dish that tastes as good as it is for people the people and the planet.
Ingredients:
- Crumb Topping
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup cane sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
Batter:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 ripe Fair Trade bananas, mashed
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2/3 cup cane sugar
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3/4 cup Fair Trade chocolate chips
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 by 9 inch baking pan and line with parchment paper. In a small bowl combine the crumb topping ingredients until well mixed. Set aside.
- In a large bowl combine remaining flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together remaining brown sugar, and cane sugar until well blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time until incorporated. Stir in bananas, and vanilla.
- Add half of the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Stir gently to combine. Add half the buttermilk and stir gently to combine. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and buttermilk.
- Fold chocolate chips into the batter. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan and top with crumb mixture. Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow cake to cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.
SERVES 8-10 • TOTAL TIME: 1 HR • VEGETARIAN
Recipe provided by INFRA.
