Banana Oat Chocolate Chip Snack Cake

This banana oat chocolate chip snack cake is unbelievable! A simple one-bowl surprise, it’s so mild, fluffy, moist and scrumptious!

Each time I make this cake, I hear issues like “smartest thing I’ve ever had” and “unbelievable” and “AMAZING.”

And I don’t disagree. This simple banana oat snack cake is actually top-of-the-line issues to make with bananas ripening for destruction!

Banana Cake Batter

This easy one-bowl recipe begins with an easy banana cake batter.

Primary substances (with scrumptious depth of taste – thanks, brown sugar!):

• butter
• brown sugar
• mashed bananas
• eggs + vanilla extract

This batter additionally will get a lift from oats within the batter, in addition to a little bit of cinnamon.

And naturally…chocolate chips. 😉

I’ve made this cake with old style oats and with fast oats, and both works nice (half of every is an efficient combo, too).

And talking of variations, the cake is scrumptious with all-purpose or complete wheat flour.

Don’t Over Combine

As with all good cake batters, combine all the pieces collectively simply till mixed and no dry streaks stay.

Over mixing can imply dying to a light-weight and fluffy cake batter.

So. Simply don’t over combine and we are able to transfer on with out over speaking lectures. Okay?

Superb Coconut Oat Streusel

A part of what makes this banana oat snack cake so particular is the straightforward streusel that adorns the highest.

It’s blessedly distinctive and so scrumptious.

Let’s Speak About Cake Pans

This cake might be baked in an 8X8- or 9X9-inch pan. It’s very full in an 8X8-inch pan and bakes fairly excessive, nevertheless it’s the pan I take advantage of for baking this cake, and the mile-high fluffy cake is phenomenal.

It can be baked in a metallic or glass pan.

If utilizing a glass pan, scale back the oven temperature by 15 or 25 levels and keep watch over baking time (it’s possible the cake will want extra time in a glass pan at a decrease temperature).

This cake will possible bake simply fantastic in a 9-inch circle pan, as properly, and doubles for a 9X13-inch pan.

A Really Superb Cake

The crumb of this cake is flavorful and fluffy and the streusel is buttery, golden, and simply the most effective a part of crunchy.

I imply, the “sprinkle” of chocolate chips on high don’t damage something, in fact.

Though this subsequent assertion will ache me, it should be mentioned: the cake might be made with out chocolate chips for those who favor.

I imply, please simply actually assume that by way of earlier than committing, m’kay?

Breakfast, Snack or Dessert

This banana oat snack cake is worthy of any event. Banana-y sufficient for breakfast (cough). Decadent sufficient for dessert.

And irresistible sufficient for snacking on morning, midday, or night time.

Do your self the favor of instantly reserving some bananas to hang around till correctly noticed after which instantly make this cake. You’ll not remorse it.

It simply could be the most effective banana baked good ever.

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Banana Oat Chocolate Chip Snack Cake

Yield: 9 -12 servings

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Prepare dinner Time: 25 minutes

Whole Time: 45 minutes

Cake:

• ½ cup (114 g) butter, softened (I take advantage of salted)
• ½ cup (106 g) packed mild or darkish brown sugar
• 1 cup (235 g) very ripe, mashed bananas (about 3 medium bananas)
• 2 massive eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ⅓ cup (135 g) old style rolled oats (see notice)
• ¾ cup (107 g) all-purpose or complete wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon floor cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (170 g) chocolate chips

Streusel:

• ½ cup (50 g) old style rolled oats
• ½ cup (43 g) sweetened or unsweetened coconut flakes
• ¼ cup (53 g) packed mild brown sugar
• ¼ cup (57 g) melted butter (I take advantage of salted)
• Sprinkle of chocolate chips

• Preheat the oven to 350 levels F. Evenly grease an 8X8- or 9X9-inch baking pan (see notice).

• In a mixing bowl (a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or utilizing a handheld electrical mixer), add the butter and brown sugar and blend till mild and creamy, 1-2 minutes.

• Add the mashed bananas, eggs, and vanilla, and blend till well-combined.

• Add the oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and chocolate chips. Combine till the dry substances are simply mixed and no dry streaks stay (do not over combine).

• Unfold the batter evenly within the ready pan.

• For the streusel, in a small bowl, combine collectively the oats, coconut, brown sugar and melted butter with a fork till evenly mixed.

• Unfold the streusel evenly over the cake and sprinkle with chocolate chips (observe your coronary heart on this).

• Bake for 25-Half-hour till a toothpick comes out clear or with moist crumbs and the highest springs again flippantly to the contact.

Oats: I’ve made this cake with 100% old style oats and in addition with half old style oats/half fast oats. I’m suspecting 100% fast oats will work nice within the batter, too. Old style oats work greatest within the streusel for the most effective piece-y texture. 
Pan: if utilizing a glass pan, scale back the oven temperature by 15 or 25 levels (to stop the sides getting over browned whereas the center stays doughy). Keep watch over baking time – it’s possible baking time will have to be added if utilizing a glass pan and reducing oven temp. Additionally, if utilizing a 9×9-inch pan, it’s possible you’ll want much less baking time. 

Serving: 1 serving, Energy: 267kcal, Carbohydrates: 32g, Protein: 4g, Fats: 14g, Saturated Fats: 9g, Ldl cholesterol: 62mg, Sodium: 296mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 16g

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Recipe Supply: tailored from Jamie Cooks It Up (despatched to me by a reader, Amy – THANK YOU!)