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Chunky Monkey Cake
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serves/makes:
ready in:
1-2 hrs
1-2 hrs
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ingredients
3 ripe bananas
1 box (18.25 ounce size) yellow cake mix
1 1/3 cup water
3 whole eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup chocolate chips
chocolate frosting
directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 2 (9 inch size) round cake pans with cooking spray.
Peel 2 bananas and mash them up in a bowl. Add cake mix, water, eggs and oil. Beat on low speed of mixer until well combined, about 1 minute. Increase speed to high and beat until mixture is smooth, about 3 minutes.
Chop remaining banana into 1/2 inch pieces. Using rubber spatula, fold bananas, chopped walnuts and chocolate chips into cake batter. Divide batter evenly between pans.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle of cake comes out clean. Cool in pans about 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely. Frost cake with chocolate frosting, putting icing between layers.
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nutrition data
373 calories, 19 grams fat, 48 grams carbohydrates, 6 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
May 7, 2017
I found the batter to be very soupy. Maybe it was the cake mix that I used. I ended up addin additional flour until the batter was thicker. Also, you may want to dust the cake pan with flour so that tge chocolate chips don't stick to it leaving empty craters in your cake.