Banana Chocolate Stripped Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 cup white sugar2tbps. Vanilla sugar (or 1tsp. vanilla)*optional1/2 cup melted butter (you can use vegetable oil too)4 medium ripe bananas1.5 Tsp. baking soda2 tbsps. Cocoa powder (it shouldn’t be bitter)

Instructions

1. 1

   Banana Chocolate Stripped Cake

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 180 degrees

3. 3

   Grease a medium sized baking pan or bread pan

4. 4

   Beat the eggs, sugar and vanilla together, with a handheld mixture or a whisk, for about 5 minutes until you get a white frothy mixture

5. 5

   Melt the butter, and let it cool

6. 6

   Blend the 4 bananas, or mash them with a fork or a wooden spoon until they have a soft consistency

7. 7

   In a large bowl, sift the flour and baking soda. Add in the eggs, sugar and vanilla, melted butter. Don’t overbeat this mixture.

8. 8

   Fold in the bananas until they are completely incorporated into the mixture.

9. 9

   Finally, to assemble the cake, divide the batter into two equal portions. Add the cocoa powder into one portion, and leave the other portion plain. Scoop 3 tablespoons of the plain batter into the baking pan, alternate with 3 tablespoons of the chocolate batter, continue alternating the two mixtures until all the batter is finished

10. 10

    Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick (or fork) insert into the middle of the cake comes out clean.

11. 11

    Allow the cake to cool before removing it from the baking pan

12. 12

    Enjoy with a glass of milk or a cup of Kenyan Masala Chai