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Moist Banana Yogurt Cake with a Nutella Glaze

The person who said never look a gift horse in the mouth, obviously never met my mother. I love her with every inch of my being but sometimes I leave their house with an excess of items. Randomly, she hands me a jar of Nutella and with the close-to-expiring yogurt from Costco I gave out a chuckle and told her my plan for the unconventional item.

 

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 2 cups of non-fat yogurt
  • 2 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups of cake flour
  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup of olive oil
  • Nutella Glaze
    • 1/2 cup Nutella
    • 3 tablespoons milk or cream

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven for 350° F and oil a cake pan (I used a 6" cheesecake pan) with olive oil
  2. Combine the dry ingredients together (cake flour, AP flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt) in a medium bowl and set aside.
  3. In a larger bowl, mash the bananas and add the yogurt, sugar, eggs, olive oil, and vanilla extract then whisk until combined. 
  4. Gently fold in flour mixture into banana mixture until blended and smooth.
  5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours or until golden brown and the cake will be firm in the center
    **(This step really depends on your pan choice but your pan choice but when you do the cake test, it's okay if the bottom doesn't come out 100% clean)**
  6. Cool the cake on and remove it from the pan after 10-15 minutes. Continue to allow it to cool for another 2 hours (just so the glaze don't melt off)
  7. Once the cake has cooled, make the Nutella glaze.
  8. In a non-stick pot, add the Nutella and cream together on low heat.
  9. Allow it to melt and you should be able to stir the cream together with the Nutella to make a thicker chocolate glaze. 
    **(If it's too thick, add more cream...if it's too thin, add more Nutella or icing sugar)
  10. Once the glaze is to the desired consistency, allow it to cool for 10 minutes and pour it onto the cooled cake.
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