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Banana Bundt Cake Recipe with Chocolate Chunks and Dried Cranberries

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Patty
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January 22, 2023

If I don’t eat my bananas quickly enough – I like them on the greener side of ripe – I pop them in the freezer so I can use them to make well, something out of them. In today’s baking it was a banana bundt cake with chocolate and dried cranberries. Very yummy.

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Banana Bundt Cake

Makes one 12 cup bundt cake

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 12 TBS unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 4 very ripe bananas mashed (1 1/2 – 1 3/4 cups)
  • 1 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
  • 1/2 cup chopped semi sweet chocolate
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
ready to bake banana bundt cake
  • Preheat oven to 350
grease and flour pan
  • Grease and flour a 10 cup bundt pan
whisk together dry ingredients
  • Whisk together the flour, baking soda and baking powder in a medium bowl. Set aside.
beat butter
  • In a stand mixer with the paddle attached beat the butter until creamy.
  • Add the sugars and salt and beat until well combined.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until well combined.
  • Add the bananas – the batter will look curdled but don’t worry
  • Mix in one third of the flour, followed by one half of the sour cream. Continue this way until all ingredients are incorporated.
add chocolate and dried cranberries
  • Stir in the chocolate and dried cranberries.
  • Add the batter to the prepared bundt pan, gently tapping it a few times on the counter to settle the batter.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 60 – 70 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Cool on a wire rack in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove to cool completely
banana bundt cake on a pedestal stand
  • Dust the cooled cake with powdered sugar if desired

How Was the Banana Bundt Cake?

It is a very delicious cake.

Moist, full of banana flavor and every bite or two you get a bit of chocolate or a tart, dried cranberry – or both! All in all a very delightful cake for an afternoon treat, evening dessert or just because.

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a moist and delicious bundt cake that makes use of over ripe bananas

  • Author: Patty @bookscookslooks.com

Ingredients

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  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 12 TBS unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 4 very ripe bananas mashed (1 1/2 – 1 3/4 cups)
  • 1 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
  • 1/2 cup chopped semi sweet chocolate
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350
  • Grease and flour a 10 cup bundt pan
  • Whisk together the flour, baking soda and baking powder in a medium bowl. Set aside.
  • In a stand mixer with the paddle attached beat the butter until creamy.
  • Add the sugars and salt and beat until well combined.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until well combined.
  • Add the bananas – the batter will look curdled, but don’t worry
  • Mix in one third of the flour, followed by one half of the sour cream. Continue this way until all the ingredients are incorporated.
  • Removed the bowl from the stand and stir in the chocolate and dried cranberries.
  • Add the batter to the prepared bundt pan, gently tapping it a few times on the counter to settle the batter.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 60 – 70 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Cool on a wire rack in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove to cool completely
  • Dust the cooled cake with powdered sugar if desired

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Happily living in the small city of Brattleboro, Vermont, Patty Woodland is navigating the urban life of sidewalks and neighbors in New England. She will share life in her small city, the books she reads, and as always, the delicious food she cooks and bakes.

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