Chocolate banana cake

Hi , 

 I made chocolate banana cake for my husband's birthday this year and his team mates in office and our friends thoroughly enjoyed it . A simple banana cake seemed too boring an option for his birthday so I tried out this recipe . One of the major issues I find while baking with international recipes is that the quality of product they use is different so the results also come out differently , hence many times I have to change the quantity mentioned in recipes . The other important point with baking is oven , since they are each of different make and company the cooking time slightly varies . Hence it is important to check the cake during the last few minutes as over baking may be lead to dry cake. 
At times instead of using chocolate ganache I also dress it with chocolate glaze its lighter option than ganache .

Ingredients

Maida or All-purpose flour – 1 3/4 cups

Granulated white sugar – 2 cups 

Mashed ripe bananas ( 2 medium sized bananas) – 1 cup

Unsweetened cocoa powder  – 3/4 cup 

Baking powder -1 1/2 tsp

Baking soda – 1 1/2 tsp

Salt – 1/2 teaspoon

Eggs – 2

Warm water – 1 cup (240 ml)

Milk-1/2 cup (120 ml)

Corn, sunflower or canola oil – 1/2 cup (120 ml)

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place rack in the center of the oven. Butter a 9 x 13 inch (23 x 33 cm) round pan.
2. In a large bowl whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt . ( If you are using salted regular butter don't add salt at this step ) .Set aside.
3. In another large bowl, whisk together the eggs, mashed bananas, water, milk, oil, and vanilla extract. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir, or whisk, until combined. You will notice that the batter is quite thin.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
5. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Let the cake cool completely before frosting with chocolate Ganache . 

Note : Please refer to Chocolate Ganache recipe in my blog .