Coffee banana cake
Recipe for a simple and delicious banana cake with coffee and cream
If you love the combination of intense coffee flavor and sweet, ripe bananas, you must try this coffee banana cake! This is a simple and quick recipe for banana cake with coffee, which you can prepare without much effort, and its taste is complemented by a delicate mascarpone cream with coffee. Ripe bananas give the cake natural sweetness and a pleasant, soft consistency, and coffee makes the whole thing wonderfully aromatic. This simple banana cake will be great as a sweet dessert for afternoon coffee, but it will also be an excellent idea for a weekend bake. If you have very ripe bananas in your kitchen, instead of waiting for them to go to waste, prepare this delicious banana cake with mascarpone cream from them. I guarantee that the combination of banana, coffee, and cream will appeal to all lovers of coffee baked goods!
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Coffee banana cake recipe step by step
If you have ripe bananas at home and don’t know what to do with them, bake this delicious banana cake with coffee in a large baking pan!
Coffee banana cake recipe with video
Wyposażenie
- Baking pan approximately 20/30 cm in size.
Składniki
ingredients for coffee banana cake
- 100 g butter (soft)
- 200 g powdered sugar (1⅓ cups)
- 300 g wheat flour (2 cups)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 0,5 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- approx 200-230 g bananas (weight without peels – for me 3 medium pieces)
- 2 eggs (size L – at room temperature!)
- approx 40 ml espresso (or strong coffee)
- 100 ml Greek yogurt (at room temperature)
ingredients for mascarpone cream with coffee
- 250 g mascarpone cheese (cold)
- 150 ml heavy cream (cold)
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee (powdered)
- approx 30 g powdered sugar (2 tablespoons – or to taste)
Instrukcja
How to make coffee banana cake step by step?
Step 1 – preparations
- Take out the eggs, butter, and yogurt from the fridge earlier to warm up to room temperature.100 g butter, 2 eggs, 100 ml Greek yogurt
- Line the baking pan with parchment paper or grease with butter and sprinkle with flour or breadcrumbs.
- Peel the bananas and mash thoroughly with a fork.approx 200-230 g bananas
- Mix together the dry ingredients for the cake (except for sugar).300 g wheat flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 0,5 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Brew the coffee and set aside to cool slightly.
- Turn on the oven to heat to 170℃ (fan-forced) or 180℃ (top/bottom heat mode).
Step 2 – preparing the coffee banana cake
- Transfer butter and sugar to a large bowl and start mixing.100 g butter, 200 g powdered sugar
- Beat for about 3 minutes on high speed with a mixer until the mixture becomes light in color and noticeably fluffy.
- Then add one egg at a time to the bowl and one tablespoon of mixed flour – mix briefly on low speed with a mixer.2 eggs
- Add about half of the flour and mix briefly.
- Add the yogurt and mix briefly on low speed.100 ml Greek yogurt
- Add the espresso and mix briefly.approx 40 ml espresso
- Add the mashed bananas to the bowl and the rest of the flour and mix only until combined – stop mixing when you still see remnants of flour and then just fold the batter with a spoon.
- Transfer the dough to the prepared baking pan.
Step 3 – baking the cake
- Place the pan with the cake into the preheated oven and bake for about 30 minutes – until a dry stick (skewer) comes out clean.
- After baking, cool the cake completely.
Step 4 – preparing the coffee mascarpone cream
- Transfer the cream ingredients to a bowl and mix them together at high speed.250 g mascarpone cheese, 150 ml heavy cream, 1 teaspoon instant coffee, approx 30 g powdered sugar
- Mix until you get a thick and stable cream – about 2-3 minutes.
- Spread the cream over the cooled cake.
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Why bake this banana cake with coffee?
Again, I had very ripe bananas left at home that no one wanted to eat, so I had to do something with them. Banana cakes and other banana bakes appear quite often at my place, because somehow these unfortunate bananas like to sit around. If you have the same problem and are tired of regular banana bread, then I suggest something completely different! This cake is subtly coffee-flavored, and served with an amazing cream. You’ll bake it in a large baking pan, so you can divide the cake into many portions. It will therefore be ideal, for example, for a garden party or a family occasion. Or as a weekend cake. You must try it!
What ingredients are needed to make coffee banana cake?
To make this banana cake with coffee at home, besides bananas, of course, you will need a few other ingredients, but they are very easy to get in any store, or you may even have them all at home already. Below is a shortened list of products I used and possible substitutes.
- butter – I use extra butter with 82% fat content; you can optionally substitute it with mixed butter or vegetable butter
- baking soda – if you don’t have baking soda at home, you can use baking powder, but then take about 2.5 slightly heaped teaspoons – baking soda is stronger than powder and much less of it is used
- powdered sugar – I like to use powdered sugar for mixing butter because then the mixing takes less time and the mixture is nicer; if you don’t have powdered sugar, use regular sugar, but then mix it with the sugar longer – sometimes even 10 minutes!
- Greek yogurt – use natural Greek yogurt – it can also be low-fat; instead, you can also use natural skyr, thick natural yogurt, or thick cream – preferably around 9-12%
- mascarpone cheese – you can get this Italian cheese in any Lidl or Biedronka
- coffee – I added strong espresso from a coffee machine to the cake; you can also prepare about 40 ml of strong instant coffee – use a teaspoon of coffee for 40 ml of hot water; if you don’t have powdered instant coffee to add to the cream, you can use cold espresso – then first blend it with the cheese alone, and then add the heavy cream and blend together
- heavy cream – I used 30% fat UHT cream for the cream
What if I forget to take ingredients out of the fridge earlier?
If you want to start preparing the banana cake but your ingredients are cold, you can help yourself a bit. I transfer the butter to a mixing bowl for a very short time and heat it briefly in the microwave. Transfer the eggs to a bowl and cover them with hot water, leaving them for about fifteen minutes. You can transfer the yogurt to a bowl or cup and place it in a pot with hot water, or heat it very briefly in the microwave – do not heat for too long, as the yogurt may curdle!
Frequently Asked Questions – FAQ
Which bananas are best to use for banana cake?
Very ripe bananas, with a deep yellow or slightly brown peel, will be the best. They are sweeter, more aromatic, and easy to mash, making the cake moist and full of flavor.
How to store coffee banana cake with mascarpone cream?
Due to the mascarpone cream, the finished cake should be stored in the refrigerator. I recommend transferring it to an airtight container so that it doesn’t dry out and absorb odors from the fridge. It’s worth taking it out of the refrigerator about fifteen minutes before serving so that the cream and cake have a more pleasant consistency. The banana cake itself (without cream) can also be frozen for about 3 months.
How can coffee banana cake be decorated?
If you want to further enhance the coffee flavor of the cake, you can sprinkle instant coffee on top of the cream – I had coffee in granules, so I sprinkled them directly on the cream. If you have powdered coffee, you can transfer 1-2 teaspoons to a fine sieve and dust the cream like powdered sugar. You can also arrange coffee beans on top, or grate some of your favorite chocolate.
I hope you’ll be tempted to prepare this coffee banana cake with mascarpone cream! It’s a simple, moist, and aromatic bake that will be perfect for both the weekend and everyday with a cup of coffee. If you have ripe bananas at home, be sure to try this recipe – the combination of banana, coffee, and delicate mascarpone cream really works wonderfully!
If you prepare my banana cake with coffee, be sure to let me know how you liked it. And for more proven recipes for delicious homemade baked goods, I invite you to the blog. You can also download my recipe app to always have your favorite recipes at hand and easily find another idea for something delicious.
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