Chocolate Banana Cake with Chocolate Topping

I have not baked for a long time. OK, OK, maybe 1 month or so is not considered a long time but for someone who used to bake every week, it seems like a long break!

Since it's my turn to prepare the refreshment for church this Sunday, I thought I'd bake a cake and something which I have not done before. So, as I was flipping through my recipe book, I saw this chocolate banana cake and it looks so easy to make. I've got to try it! For health reason, I didn't intend to put any topping but when I asked VIP, he disagreed with me, so I thought, well....OK, no harm, I'll just eat less of it. Hahaha....

The original recipe has a higher amount of sugar (115gm) and it uses malt extract (2tbsp) too but since I don't have that, I replaced it with golden syrup.

This cake is moist and I think I feel less guilty with the lower amount of sugar and also only 4 tbsp of oil...;p
So, if you're on diet and still want to bake your cake and eat it too...give it a try!

Note:
1. Use only ripe bananas.
2. The baking time depends on your oven. My new oven is a super oven as the cake is cooked in 35min! The original recipe said you're supposed to bake it for 1hr.

Ingredients:

Cake
Self raising flour (225gm)
Cocoa Powder (3 tbsp)
Sugar (100gm)
Golden Syrup (3tbsp)
Milk (4 tbsp)
Egg (2)
Oil (4 tbsp)
Banana (4 medium size) - mashed

Topping
Cooking chocolate (60gm)
Butter (60gm) - unsalted butter is better

Preheat oven at 160C.

Method:

1. Sift self raising flour with cocoa powder. Mix in sugar.
2. In another bowl, mix egg, milk, golden syrup, oil and mashed banana.
3. Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in the mixture in no. 2. Mix to combine.
4. Line a round baking dish and pour in the mixture.
5. Bake for 40min or until cooked. Remove the cake from the mould and let it cool.
6. To make the topping, melt butter and chocolate in a pan and mix well. Let it cool so it's a little thick before spreading onto the cake.