I was thinking about making some sort of snack cake without butter…..do you know that in most snack cake recipes often TWO sometimes THREE sticks of butter are used! And that is NOT counting frosting……Two sticks of butter run around 1620 calories……that’s a lot of fat we don’t need. Instead of using something like the normal two sticks of butter I used two very ripe bananas as if they were butter…Two bananas are around 210 calories and are a natural food. This cake isn’t totally fat free after all eggs have a small amount of fat and the chocolate chips do contain some fat just so you know but that fat has been reduced……I guessed my way threw this recipe not knowing if it would come out moist and delicious BUT IT DID!!!! I wanted the snack cakes to taste good and since I saved all the butter calories ( at least 1620 useless fat calories) I felt I could splurge on one cup of chocolate chips. To up the banana flavor and to insure a moist cake I also added two additional sliced bananas into the batter. The cake is moist and delicious. It’s not too sweet either. You can finish it with a light dusting of either 10x sugar, 10x cinnamon sugar or a mix of 10x and cocoa if desired. I think any kind of frosting would be too heavy here. This is a very easy one bowl recipe. No need to bring out the mixer…just stir it up in a big bowl.

Ingredients for about 12 servings

2 bananas (very ripe) – mashed

1 cup dark brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

2 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

3 eggs – beaten

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon course sea salt

1/2 teaspoon pure natural vanilla extract

2 bananas – sliced

1 cup 60% cacao bittersweet chips

non stick spray (neutral flavor like canola)

Directions

Set Oven to 350 degrees F.

Spray rectangular baking pan with non stick spray. (I used a half pan that is around 8 inches by 10 1/2 inches)

Ina big bowl mash two bananas well with a potato masher. Mash in the brown sugar and then the white sugar. Stir in the beaten eggs. Dump in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in the sliced bananas and chocolate chips. Pour batter in pan.

Let it bake till done about 30 minutes…(mine took 28)

Even people that normally don’t like sweets (like my husband) will like this snack cake because it’s not too heavy and isn’t too sweet. It’s flavored just right…..Make sure you use very ripe bananas for the best results.