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Banana Cake with Chocolate Icing

By Chelsea Sugar
Banana Cake with Chocolate Icing
12 servings
  • 348 reviews

  • Difficulty Easy
  • Prep time 15 mins
  • Cooking time 40 mins
  • Serves
    12
Ingredients

    125g Tararua Butter, softened
    3/4 cup Chelsea Caster Sugar or Chelsea Organic Raw Sugar (170g)
    2 eggs
    1 cup mashed banana (about 2 large bananas)
    1 tsp vanilla essence
    1 tsp Edmonds Baking Soda
    2 Tbsp hot Meadow Fresh Milk
    1 3/4 cups Edmonds Standard Grade Flour (263g)
    1 tsp Edmonds Baking Powder

    Icing
    1 1/2 cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (225g)
    1 Tbsp Tararua Butter, softened
    1 Tbsp cocoa powder
    2-3 Tbsp boiling water

Method

    Preheat oven to 180°C conventional / 160° fan bake. Grease a deep 20cm round cake tin and line the base with baking paper.

    Beat butter and Chelsea Caster Sugar or Chelsea Organic Raw Sugar until light and fluffy.

    Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in banana and vanilla essence until combined.

    Mix baking soda and milk together before stirring into the banana mixture. Sift in flour and baking powder, then fold into the mixture until combined.

    Spoon mixture into prepared tin and smooth the top. Bake for 40-50 minutes, until cooked (cake should spring back when lightly pressed on top, and a skewer inserted into the centre should come out clean).

    Stand for 5-10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool. Ice with chocolate icing when cold.

    Icing
    Mix Chelsea Icing Sugar and cocoa powder together. Add butter, then stir in boiling water a little at a time, until icing is a spreadable consistency. Smooth over the top of the cake.

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Reviews

Average Rating
4.5348
(348 reviews)


yup good

Aww so love this recipe, turns out magnificent always.. Thank you

My mum made this and I really really like the cake. The icing is pretty sweet but the actual cake is so good. (And is sort of healthy). Yeah I totally reccomend

Loved it taste & texture great

Great taste & texture

I loved. It was so soft and fluff.

Baked in a square tin, for ease of lunchboxes, however it did not rise well. Which was a shame still taste good though.

I have made this cake many times and I won't be trying any other banana cake recipe..my family love it..
p.s I add choc chips to it..

Great recipe . I add chocolate bits to the mixture and sprinkle chopped walnuts and coconut on the icing . So good .

The cake was delicious! Also, don’t give a 1 star review when you decide to substitute an ingredient and it goes poorly.

No fail recipe imo

Have you tried using lemon icing instead of chocolate it tastes so much better. My cake only needed 30 minutes in the oven. Otherwise it tastes amazing . Such a great recipe for kids. Overall a good recipe and I will definitely make it again.

Hi Chelsea,

I attempted your banana cake recipe with great enthusiasm, eager to elevate its flavour profile with a striking twist by substituting the baking powder with organic pineapple root powder. To my dismay, the cake didn't rise as it should have. It's unfortunate that my attempt to enhance the flavour profile with pineapple didn't go as planned, and I can't help but wonder if the recipe might benefit from some adjustments. It might be a good idea for you to caution others about this potential issue, as it could potentially mislead other people who want to try your recipe.

Regrets,
Barbara Eaton-Rigoni

My cake only needed 20 minutes
But I loved it ❤️

Awesome thank you

i think i'm doing something wrong it never comes out that good always very pale

please add tips if i can improve

this was a great recipe thanks so much!

Taste more like waffles

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Great recipe..came out really well.

Amazing cake love it it’s the best 11th birthday cake EVER

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Great easy recipe very yummy

Great easy recipe very yummy

Great easy recipe very yummy

Srumdiliumptios (NOICE)

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Fun to make

slay

good recipe, use it whenever making banana cake. But adding a pinch of salt goes such a long way, not to much tho once over salted the flavour completly goes.

For me it is hard to make
Sorry

4 stars. Good things about this cake is its tastes yum, not too sweet or too strong a banana flavour. Also relatively easy to make for a novice like myself doing it with young children. The negatives for me is it doesn't raise very high so I would suggest baking 2 of these and them jamming together with a yummy filling and ice with a buttercream frosting instead of the basic icing recipe from here. Overall I'm happy and will probably use this cake recipe again so thank you for sharing.

its the best recipes

Made it all by myself and everybody liked and so did il

I enjoy it it's beautifully tasty

ahhhhh too yum ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Great recipe, easy to make, been using the chelsea recipes for a variety of baking.

loved it, amazing with 1 cup of chocolate chips in it

The recipe for this keke panana (banana cake) was namunamuā! (yummy!) Will definitely make anō (again).

I love this recipe, it's easy and tastes just like mama used to make.. I would also love it if the flavored icing packs came back..they were perfect.

Wow loved this recipe. Will definitely make this again.

4 stars because it didn’t rise that well and stayed in a clump in the middle, but the taste was amazingly awesome!

It was chewy and a bit hard but it was yummy

Yum always use this recipe totally recommend

I love this recipe cake always turns out perfectly. I would love it if Chelsea bought back their raspberry and chocolate icing packs they were really good products

This looks much the same as the old Edmonds recipe used by all Kiwi housewives of my generation. I’ve always preferred it made with lemon icing. It’s possibly my most used cake recipe, along with the three minute sponge, which I always cook in muffin tins. Then I can make lamingtons, butterfly cakes, or just ice them or slit them in half and fill with homemade jam and whipped cream. I’ve even made trifle with the. I normally use three bananas in the banana cake.

This was amazing whole whanau loved this dish, really loving it all.

OMG i loved this it was the perfect texture and had the best taste it was probably the best thing ive ever had i love it

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You keep saying that you up dated the recipe but the website says you haven’t so could you please tell me how much icing sugar and coco I need

Still sure it tastes great though

amzing goood i likkkke

Delicious

I love this recipe, and so does my family

This recipe was so easy to make. Turned out so good - moist and delicious! Definitely will be making this again and again and again.

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Absolutely love this cake, it's a winner in my place .
Thank you Chelsea for this recipe

Made this recipe twice love it I added an extra banana and chocolate chips the second time supper yummy almost fudgey

my favorite banana cake recipe i always add a cup of sour cream or yogurt

Made this recipe twice love it I added an extra banana and chocolate chips the second time supper yummy almost fudgey

The cake was very successful. We will make it again. Thank you Chelsea!

So happy with cake I,ve just made ———used 1/2 sugar + plain yoghurt ' cooked in 42mins at 170 deg , ———-a lovely light moist cake so many thanks Chelsea.

Can't wait too enjoy this with the fam. So yummy and delicious :)

Can't wait too enjoy this with the fam. So yummy and delicious :)

Love it, make it all the time. Better than any other banana cake

I am a pastry chef in Florida. The Chef of the restaurant asked me to do amazing things with the bananas. I ran out of ideas and found this recipe. The residents absolutely loved it! The restaurant is in a "independent living" facility. I didn't use the icing idea but did a Creme Pat as a twist in the center and used 10X on top. Thank you! Love your recipes!!

i loved this recipe

Best recipe ever.

First time in many years making a banana cake, and this recipe was a success. my family loved it. Thank u. Nga mihi.

Amazing

Amazing

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Best banana cake recipe ever. Took it to work and they just absolutely loved it.
They go to a bakery every day, But they didn't have to that day.
I used self rising flour and also used margarine instead of butter. I also beat each egg in really well. Also used yellow banana do not use over ripe brown spots ones.

so easy to make love doing it with my little sisters I love this recipe I'm 12

I'm 11 and this was so easy to make and my family loves it

I'm 11 and this was so easy to make and my family loves it

Btw, the chocolate icing sugar hasn’t been updated. Great recipe tho

This is my 'go to' banana cake recipe. Everyone who has tried the cake LOVES it!

Super easy to make, rises really well, beautifully moist and tastes AMAZING

can't wait to try it my parents surprised me with it for my burthday

You can ALWAYS count on chelsea to get it right

Qiri vei bu text vei tu kaya vei I Love U

I have to say it was pretty dam good!

Can I sub the milk for something that is not any type of milk?

Great banana cake, easy to make, moist and delicious.

This was so good.
I made this for my family and they loved it and ate 10 cookies in 5 min.
The recipe was easy to make.

Delicious this is my go to recipe for banana cake and always will be the whole family finishes it less than a couple hours!!

loved it

Love this recipe turns out perfect every time. Sometimes I make it as a whole cake sometimes I do it as cupcakes. It freezes well and is still lovely and soft when defrosted. Very easy recipe to make.

Hi, you say in response to some of these reviews that you have updated the recipe so that it doesn't include chocolate icing sugar, since you no longer sell it, but I can only see the recipe with chocolate icing sugar still!! Can you please update it ?!

i love this site and i love this banana cake it was nice and yummy

Great recipe. Just as enjoyable with banana s or fejoas

I have baked this cake 12 times this year and its only april! Every time i made it nothing wrong happened! totally recommend at a birthday or a holiday of some sort. Keep it going!!!!!

Love the carrot cake. Moist and just delicious.

gooooooooooooooooood

Very informative but would like quantities in dark lettering so that they are seen more easily.

This is a easy and my go to for a banana cake. Full proof and you can safely know it will be a success.

"Cups" is a very imprecise measure, and different countries have different cup sizes. Could you maybe add the amounts in standard sizes like g and ml rather than only imperial units?

this recipe is legit

I made it and my family loves it.....Easy as 1,2,3..Love it

Wow the chocolate icing banana cake was the bomb easy recipe and wow delicious thanks chelsea

I will put my last dollar on this!! it is a revisited Aunt Daisy recipe...fabulous!!

This is a fantastic recipe! I made it vegan, which was very easy to do. It turned out really well! I usually halve the sugar in recipes, I did that with this one and it was still really sweet. I will always use this in the future.

I add 1 more banana and mix with a mixer for l ingredients and it's so light and fluffy with just the right moisture and delicious with icing.

thank you so much i love it and everyone loved it

Every time It’s yummy and easy

hi i am 13 years old and baked this for my family not bad but my butter and sugar seperated and wend clumpy but its doesnt taste bad : )

Hey I don’t have baking soda can I use baking powder instead?

Very easy to make and the kids really enjoyed the cake. Cheers for the recipe.

Lovely banana cake; both light and moist. Method should have baking powder and baking soda switched around, I believe? Two teaspoons of good quality cocoa was enough in the icing for my liking. Either way, yum!

This is an awesome recipe. It's quick and easy. My whole family loved it!

So easy and a crowd pleaser

Mash up the banana and then leave out in the open to get a golden colour to the mash, this will make the cake golden as well.. and it will make the cake richer. use self raising flour and baking powder sifted. do not over work the cake mix.. just fold it till every thing is mixed in and no more.

It would have been very dry, if we did not ad an extra table spoon of milk

Im waiting for it to cook it right now i hope it works it was very easy to make

Yummy

wow it is good

This one was just pure deliciousness it has a beautiful texture to. When doing the sugar and the butter put chocolate in with it. It gives it extra flavours and texture

Beautiful and delicious! 10/10. Super moist and very easy to make

easy!

I'm eleven and I can make it really easy

Yoooo this was easy as heck

I made it and my whole family loved it and so did I!

I’m about to make this and see in the reviews the Chelsea chocolate icing is no longer available- what do you use instead please and how much?


CHELSEA SUGAR: Hi there, we have updated the recipe now! Enjoy! :)

It was a amazing banana cake the best I have had in my life and I am 82

I've made this a few times for my family and they love it! I wanted to make a layered banana cake any advice on the filing ? Thanks


CHELSEA SUGAR: Hi there, glad you're enjoying this recipe! You could double the quantity of chocolate icing to use between the layers as well as on top of the cake. Otherwise a chocolate buttercream would work well, or try whipped cream and caramel sauce for extra indulgence!

Mine was kaka but yum

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A family favourite now, absolutely delicious and moist. Easy to make and disappears quickly.

Absolutely delicious and a moist banana cake which the family all enjoy. One of the best banana cake recipes I have tried. Definitely a favourite with the family, thank you.

it was very easy to make and it was very yummy.

Great recipe, excellent way to use up over ripe bananas

Go to banana cake to make with the kids, very yummy. Would be great if you could update the icing recipe since the 'chocolate icing' product is no longer available.


CHELSEA SUGAR: Thank you, we've updated the recipe now :)

Delicious turned out fantastic, thanks Chelsea.

not as good as anabel langbeins recipe

Beautiful Kia ora aunty Chelsea

One of my favorites is a banana cake, iv made a few with little success, to dry to moist after making it came out perfectly

Incredibly moist and the chocolate icing makes it perfect, thank you

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Our favourite banana cake ever

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I'm male 50 haven't baked a cake since i was 18. This was easy to follow and tasted yummy .

I baked this for the family and It tasted amazing best banana cake I’ve ever made

best banana cake ever tasted so easy to follow along

so amazing but a little to sweet for me so here goes 4 stars! :)

amazing. I love it

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good

Really delicious 100% recommended :)

i loved this recipe i made it for my grandmas birthday and she loved it but could you please make a banana cake recipe without icing.

AMAZING TASTE! I don’t usually bake cakes this small (big Samoan family + big Samoan appetite) but since moving out after I got married I decided to make a small one for Hubby. Made my own cream cheese frosting though.. DELISIOSO!

I have no vanilla essence will it make a difference

CHELSEA SUGAR: Vanilla essence adds a nice flavour but the cake will still work well without it. Enjoy!

I have been making a range of your recipes for years. I convert them to vegan by omitting the egg, and replacing with a (ground linseed egg) - 1 TBL ground linseed and 3 TBL of boiling water. Replace cows milk with milk alternatives, and Olivani or Nutalex instead of butter. Works well for nearly all recipes.

As a 14 year old this was very easy to make turned out perfect!!!!

it taste so good and is easy to make :)

I’ve made this recipe lots of times and it always turns out sweet, moist, and delicious. amazing!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely delicious and moist!!! Used brown sugar instead and worked beautifully.

SOoooo goood

Amazing

Soooo good

So good, such an easy recipe and cake is lovely and moist thank you

lovely texture

I love it

What is Chelsea Chocolate Icing Sugar? No one sells it...

CHELSEA SUGAR: Hi there, this product is no longer available unfortunately. We have updated the recipe to use icing sugar and cocoa powder instead :)

It is so good.
You should put up a bacon and egg pie recipe it would be fun I could make it for my family.

It was so good I loved it

YUM
LOVE THIS CAKE

Love it, go to banana cake recipe

SO GOOD

Easy to follow and my kids absolutely love eating this particular
banana cake that mum can make.

Gorgeous, delicious, yummy

Gorgeous, delicious, yummy

It's sooo moist and delicious. And it's super easy to make for beginners and younger ones. If I could I'll rate this 10 stars...

Thanks to Chelsea to making baking Soo easy and super simple.... And even more FUN

Best cake ever

Perfect everytime

Delicious moist cake 5 out of 5 will definitely bake again.

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Delicious! I've made this recipe a bunch of times now.

Was a delight to make with my little sister it was easy to follow- 4 stars all the way! good recipe!

Horrible don’t use

This is my goto recipe which could never fail everything.

one word - wow

Easy to follow recipe all our friends enjoyed the cake too, I changed the icing to peppermint probably not again stick to cake and custard

It is very yum and looks very nicely presented

such a quick easy and very yum recipe.
Mine was cooked perfectly in just 30 mins! i also added a pinch of cinnamon to the bananas yummmmy

it was yum

Tried this with a few substitutes and its taking waaaay longer to cook...

Lovely banana cake, easy to make and tasty

OMG THIS WAS THE BEST BANANA CAKE I HAVE EVER HAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great recipe! Quite easy to make, although it was a bit bland for me

There was hardly ANY batter even though I followed the recipe exactly and for some reason it turned out REALLY chewy! Not using this recipe again.

Super duper yummy banana cake.
I added a bit of more flavors its was outstanding.

Banana cake is one of my favourites and after using this recipe, it was by far the best banana cake ever. I added another banana to the ingredients and used fresh cream instead of chocolate icing. Next time, I will use chocolate icing instead. Thanks Chelsea, this is one of my go to cake recipes and a family favourite!

This was AWSM

My Mum makes the best banana cake, and always used chocolate icing, which is the best, Im going to try your recipe and compare. Thanks

I ate the whole thing by myself. Ooops

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Best banana cake recipe ever - I love to add white chocolate chips and walnuts!

This recipe is totally foolproof. My favourite banana cake recipe, I’ve used it many many times and it’s never failed. Always check with a skewer before taking out of the oven- some may require extra time (mine usually needs about 10 extra minutes)

Banana yum yum for my tum tum.

I made the banana cake today and it is lovely. I did add a 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon to the mixture and it gave it a lovely extra flavour. I also did a butter/lemon icing which seemed to enhance the banana flavour. It is a lovely cake so thank you for the recipe.

I chopped up walnuts and no icing. When served I added whipped cream and chopped bananas on the cake. Very nice. You should try this and tell me how it went. 10/10 the best banana cake I have had.

This cake is a perfect balance (not to sweet not to bland) it holds shape, and nice and spongy 11/10. I like banana, banana good.

I love this recipe. I've made it 4 times. First time it was thin and a little over done, so I've had to adjust the baking time and size of baking trays. I've also doubled mixture as well but each time, it's been an improvement. Forth time was the best... It turned out light, soft and very delicious. I love it...Finally I can make a decent banana cake for my family...Thank Chelsea Team.

Lovely cake so yummy. I haven't iced it yet ill do that tomorrow and cut into squares to take to a friends. Will definitely make this again!

What items do I need?
Chelsea Sugar:
You will need a 20cm round cake tin, baking paper, whisk, spoon, measuring cup, measuring spoons, sieve, bowl, wire rack and spatula.

Cake is tasty but came out very thin. I took it out at 40 minutes and it was a little over done.

This was really good and I really like having raspberries with bananas so I put some raspberries in and it tasted great!!!

I’m only 13 and made my first homemade cookies. Mine didn’t turn out like the ones in the photos but were yummyy and easy to cook thank you Chelsea.

Absolutley amazing! Took a wee bit longer to cook but it was worth the extra 10-15 mins! Outstanding flavour and thank you for this amazing recipe!

Very good cake. I love it.

Really like Chelsea recipes, they are so easy to follow, love it.
Thank you

Just made this. It was perfect and tastes delicious!!

I make this all the time, everyone loves it!! Whoever doesn’t like it obviously isn’t doing it right.

Amazing very yummy easy to follow recepie

This was so nice everyone loved it!!!

The cake was very good and I’m exited to make it again

This recipe is AMAZING!! used brown sugar though as I didn’t have anything else and fan baked for 30minutes. Pretty much a first time baker and this turned out beautifully . . Thank you for this recipe

2 hours cooking and still wet mess inside.

Tasted good. Can you freeze it?
Chelsea Sugar:
Yes, you can freeze it.

The banana cake was the best. I have never made banana cake before. It was yummy.

This cake is delicious! I used a rectangular brownie pan rather than a round cake tin so only needed to bake it for 15-18 minutes. Very easy to make and unfortunately too easy to eat!

Very good but it took longer to cook than the recipe says.

It turned out great!

Yum. Easy to make.

Easy to make, light and moist and tasted great!

Amazing flavour

SO YUM! SO GOOD!

Delicious

It's so yum.

My favourite fruit is Bananas!

A Lovely brown moist cake.Left the icing off.Delicious yummy.

Delist, doubled mixture made 2 loaf size cakes.

Yummy make sure to add extra bananas, it doesn't make as much as I expected so just double it.

Just made my first Banana cake, followed the recipe to the letter, I have a very good baking oven so set timer for 40 minutes, checked and removed strait away, its perfect, yum yum yum

I think that New Zealand recipes, especially nz cookies, Pavlova cake, carrot cake and many others ... are a kind of heritage of world civilization. And I’m not even ironic on this issue.

So delicious and Easy to make. Didn't require too much ingredients which I liked. we had ours with brown sugar cream cheese frosting

Tried this for the first time - very nice cake not dry at all. Icing really improves it. If your cake is dry you overcooked it.

It's the best banana cake I've ever tasted nice and moist and so delicious.

Hi

Very nice easy recipe. Didn't last long in our house. I made the topping with icing sugar, lemon zest & juice and cream cheese balanced really well with the sweetness of cake. Delish !

eh

Very very nice and easy

Needs more bananas less icing

Yummy and easy to follow recipe and the recipe tastes great.

Yummy and easy to follow recipe.

Awesome recipe it tastes great.

The banana cake had currently been in the oven for around forty five minutes and is still raw in the middle but is starting to really brown up. I am worried the banana cake will burn on the top.

Great recipe for a delicious cake.

Easy to follow, beautiful and moist.

Just tried this! So easy and came out so good! Will definitely continue to use this recipe!!! Thank you.

It’s a good cake. However, I would double the recipe next time

So delicious yet so simple! I've made this recipe several times and always turns out great! My tip, if the mixture is a bit dry, just add a little bit of milk.

So easy to make, taste great even without the chocolate icing!

Easy to make and it makes a nice enough cake. I didn't find it very moist though.

Beautiful. I added slightly more banana and cooked at 170 conventional for 32 minutes. Lined that base and greased and floured the sides so it could cling when rising. Lovely cake. I used cream cheese icing with lemon zest and candied lemon slices cooked in syrup to garnish.

Don't know what happened to mine, was not soft or delish, but doughy and dry. Will try again lol

4 stars as my cake didn't rise, but was moist and perfect to the taste

Easy to make and tastes great!

Great cake, very easy.

Great recipe

Amazing tasty and nice and moist

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This is one of my favourite recipes and the family love it. I always double the mixture so there’s enough to go around.

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This is one of my favourite recipes and the family love it. I always double the mixture so there’s enough to go around.

My nine year old daughter made the cake for me and it was cooked right she loved it.

Sooo easy and comes out soft and delish!

Great feedback from everyone when I make this awesome banana cake!

Yummy and easy to make.

Amazing! Went down so well with everyone, thought it would be nice to have some to eat later, but it disappeared! So good, moist on the inside.

I made a 4 layered cake for my mum and sisters birthday cake and every single time it turned out the same moist and extremely delicious.

My no-cooking husband made it for me. It is easy to follow and it was DELICIOUS!
It is now our regular treat (poor husband will know the recipe by heart soon).

Best banana cake recipe simple , yummy and never fails to impress everyone!

Yum!

Made this today and the cake is light, moist and delicious. Not to mention the wonderful smell that filled the house while it was baking!

Awesome simple to make

Love the recipes.

Make this cake quite often. It never fails and family just love it! Instead of making 1 i have to make 2 because it goes so quick. I add 2-3 more bananas to give it a extra kick of taste and moist - tastes even better. I also sometimes add chocolate chips - just devine!!! Makes the cake extra moist.

The best recipe I’ve tried.

This Bannana Cake is amazing with chocolate icing but you should try lemon and cream cheese icing with it is it extra extra amazing

good job.

Easy to follow recipe and method. Unfortunately though mine came out a bit dry, could there have been a more in depth description through the method that could've helped prevent this?

Easy and tasty

Incredibly yummy

Wow Chels, ABSOLUTELY LOVED this one! Nice great and easy for the kids lunches and snacks.xx

Yum

The banana cake recipe is very easy and very delicious. I love all your recipes, they are the best, amazing:)

I had doubts when I saw how weird the consistency became after adding eggs? but my cake turned out perfectly moist, amazing and yum!

Ur bannana cake recpie is freaken amazing i am so thankfull it is easy to use

love this recipe,my kids love banana cake and this recipe is easy to make
thanks

I've been looking for a banana cake recipe everywhere and this one was perfect and really easy to make, it tasted GREAT too. Thank You!

great birthdaycake 2 every body loved it:)

yum the best in the west we all love it here !!

Hard to bake and was all liquidly.

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Yum, the best yet! My children just love it!

I TRIED MAKING THIS FOR MY WIFE AND IT FELL APART.

I have rarely had any success with baking and this was no exception as it didn't rise properly. That's why I have only given four stars. I followed the recipe exactly but the next time I will use self-raising flourand see if that helps. However it tastes pretty good so it will be eaten!

Winner!!

Loved it. It was very tastey. One of the best cake I ever baked.

Thanks so much for the lovely recipe my family enjoyed it so much this was the best cake I ever baked.

Very happy with the result. I altered it a little due to having a few extra mushy bananas. But pretty much the same recipe. I used normal sugar as had no caster sugar. The cake isn't sweet but once I ice it, the cakes will be yummy. Of course I tried a bit before it's iced. Now off to the shop for some icing sugar and a lemon.

What a delicious moist banana cake! Well done Chelsea!!! It is almost sponge like but, oh! So delicious! It is not heavy and doughy for those who like their chocolate cake that way.

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Delicious !! :D

Best recipe ever for a banana cake!

This recipe is a winner. I have made it over and over again and even recommended it to my friends. It's nice, moist and tasty. I had to reduce the sugar but all in all, it's an awesome cake. Thanks Chelsea!

This is one of my favourite cakes. I have made it before and I think it is really moist, not too heavy and a great yummy morning tea or afternoon treat.

Awesome recipe. The cake was so soft. Omg it was unbelievable. I baked 2 cakes for a Christmas do. Everyone loved it. Amazing recipe and very easy to make. Thanks Chelsea.

Classic go to recipe just how my nana made it!

Amazing! I love how it's so moist

I absolutely love this cake. It's the perfect cake and I've made it twice and everyone loved it. I've even had requests from people that were willing to pay for it!

I was looking for a special new and simple cake recipe for my son's birthday. Then I found a banana cake with chocolate icing cake recipe which was very simple and fast recipe. I made this cake recipe for my son birthday party. Wow!! Cake taste was very awesome. Everyone loved his cake. Thanks for sharing this cake recipe.

This is the best banana cake recipe. It turns out perfectly moist every time, rises nicely and is very easy to make. Delicious!

Ya need to use over ripe bananas and if you dont have them, mash yellow ones and let them sit in the open to blacken up a lot. then stir it until wet, before adding the dry ingredients. i use self raising flour as it makes the cake rise up and lite and fluffy...I'm stuck on lemon icing using real lemons and creme cheese :) so delish....

I followed the recipe there was very little cake mix and was quite thick and it just didn't rise or really cook through. So more a banana uncooked biscuit

Nice and super easy. Great if you're in a rush and need to produce some baking for the fam bam! Done it two times and both times it was a little dry sadly. Icing helps a lot. Maybe to overcome this cut the cake in half and add cream. Also, our oven is quite hot so didn't need the whole time. Make sure you watch over 30 mins. :) happy baking follow bakers out there in cyber space hehe

Good honest banana cake.

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It was amazing but I added silver balls to decorate bit down on one to hard and my tooth fell out
lucky it was only a baby tooth.
CHELSEA: Happy to know you enjoyed the recipe but sorry to hear about your baby tooth.

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Delicious
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Delicious! Kiwi fav,always goes down a treat :P

Fast, easy and delicious

So very easy, I am not a great baker, best at cooking, this is the best all told cake I can make and know it will be a success. Made it for the old chaps at the pub, and they loved it, so now making more thanks very much Wendy

Very easy to make and tasty and moist.

Awesome!!!

Amazingly moist. We really liked it. We added cocoa powder and almond liqueur and it came out perfect. We made the icing with two bars of 70% cacao dark chocolate mixed with boiling water and the icing didn't look the best but tasted delicious to our family of 5. :-) thank you!

My whole family love this cake very much!!! So we make this cake in every weekend. We give thinks to you by heart for giving awesome recipe.

These banana cakes were the nicest things I had eaten in a long time. Jeez!! I recommend this to everyone especially my whanau! Thanx Chelsea.

This recipe was a hit for my birthday! The only thing I would change would be less baking time, but I love this recipe.

Amaaaaazing cake recipe! My oven is too hot so I had to bake it for only half an hour on 150 degrees (according to my oven dial lol). Soooo moist and delish!!!!

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I love this recipe for men it works so well and my mum and dad loved it so much.

Yummy

The best banana cake ever. I am trying it for the second time today. The first time I made it, there were a lot of praises. People thought I ordered it from a bakery. Love the recipe. Its simple and accurate.

Fantastic...BUT.....I only watched the video after I made the cake and then saw there was a note at the very end about 160 degrees for fan forced!! I was winging the time so my only note for this most mighty cake would be to note that in the written recipe for those like myself that don't watch too many videos!!
CHELSEA: thanks for your feedback - we have updated the recipe accordingly :-)

Excellent so light with great rise from the bicarbonate. Made 3 round 8 inch cakes which baked for 30 minutes from double amount of recipe.

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Beautifully delicious

I make this a LOT (husband keeps buying bananas then leaving them to go bad.. sneaky bugger). Makes a lovely yummy banana cake.

Very easy to make and delicious. Thanks very much.

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Yum! Just so yum and so simple to make!

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Easy banana cake

Love this banana cake recipe. Easy to follow and taste great.

Great banana cake m8

IF it doesn't cook in the middle try a tinfoil tent over top :)

I tried to make the cake in a soccer ball tin which needed me to double the recipe. This was a request from a client. The cake just never cooked in the centre. The longer I left it in the oven the top just started crisping and the inner remained raw. I am very puzzled by this. When I use the recipe in a normal tin it is perfect. Can you help?
CHELSEA: sorry to hear that. As you know the recipe works in a smaller tin, try baking it in two tins, and forming the soccer ball shape after baking. Good luck!

Am not much of a baker ...this recipe was easy and the best part was that the cake was great! Best Banana cake ever! thanks :-)

These recipes are yum

Love this and all chelsea recipes reccommend them all the time :) Happy baking

Wow it is so good and easy to bake I loved it

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Scrumptious

Yummy

This was the best banana cake we ever made

It was one of my best friends birthday just yesterday and I was rushing to bake a cake that would be memorable. I had this recipe and decided to try it out for the first time and I cannot praise this recipe enough. It was the most perfect recipe I had ever made or seen or tasted. My friends were delighted to eat it they absolutely LOVED it. Yeah I love this recipe. #bestrecipeever

I had two ripe bananas and didn't want to throw them out. I decided to bake a cake and take it to my brother's for supper. However, they had visitors, so I decided to slice into the cake for the taste test! You don't want to give away anything substandard do you? I think that as I am not a cake baker (being a family of one human and two pets) that having a sample was a good thing. The cake was very moist and it baked evenly, (even on the second day it was as good as the first). My only comment is that the picture appeared to be a larger looking slice, than what I served up. However, with that said, the cake was delicious and if I ever have two ripe bananas again, I will certainly make it again! The balance of the cake was delivered and was enjoyed the following day for morning tea. I note that I did not use the chocolate icing recipe as detailed with this recipe however, I did use the recipe using plain icing sugar, butter and cocoa powder and although it says that it has not been tested by the Chelsea Kitchen, it worked a real treat. So thank you for having a banana cake recipe for only two bananas with a separate chocolate icing recipe so that I didn't have to go and buy a separate bag of icing sugar. Put the two together and indeed it was a very tasty morsel. Although I was a wee bit embarrased to deliver a cake with a slice removed - that in itself brought about much laughter when I explained that I had a piece to test the cake and then another small piece was eaten for our brother who lives in England. I rate this recipe four stars and I certainly would make it again without any hesitation.

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So moist yummy. Love it it's a favourite in our house hold..

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Yummy!

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This is my classic go-to banana cake. Always good, especially with chocolate icing.

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I used this recipe for my first ever banana cake and turned out great! Real moist and great with the chocolate icing. I will be making this again.

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This cake turned out really great, I like that it uses caster sugar makes a lovely texture

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This is one of the best Banana Cake recipes I have tried and will certainly be making it again.

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I have made this cake 5 times now and it has turned out perfectly every time. Delicious, moist, and easy to make. Looks just like the picture and my family LOVE it.

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