Chocolate Banana Sourdough Cake

Also tasty as muffin-type mini-cakes

Yields1 ServingCategory, , ,
 200 ml milk
 2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
 250 g Sourdough Starter
 2 Soft and Ripe Bananas (mashed)
 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
 60 ml Olive Oil
 ⅓ cup Apple Sauce
 200 g Brown Sugar
 150 g Castor Sugar
 1 cup Plain Flour
 75 g Cocoa Powder
 ½ tsp Baking Soda
 1 tsp Baking Powder
 1 tsp Sea Salt Flakes
 200 g Chocolate, roughly chopped
1

Pre heat the oven to 180°C/356°F/gas mark 4

Sour the milk with the vinegar and set aside for a minute or two while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.

Combine the sourdough starter and soured milk and mix till starter has loosen.

Then add mashed bananas, olive oil, vanilla extract, apple sauce, both sugars, shot of espresso, and mix.

Next sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt flakes and mix.

Finally add the chopped chocolate, and mix till combined. Option to let it rest and ferment a little further.

Spoon the mixture into a muffin tray (there will be leftover for a small cake), or into a prepared loaf tin.

Bake for 45-60 minutes with a bowl of hot water on a lower oven tray. Baking time can vary, check with a skewer to see if it's done.

Cool on a wire rack before cutting.

Ingredients

 200 ml milk
 2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
 250 g Sourdough Starter
 2 Soft and Ripe Bananas (mashed)
 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
 60 ml Olive Oil
 ⅓ cup Apple Sauce
 200 g Brown Sugar
 150 g Castor Sugar
 1 cup Plain Flour
 75 g Cocoa Powder
 ½ tsp Baking Soda
 1 tsp Baking Powder
 1 tsp Sea Salt Flakes
 200 g Chocolate, roughly chopped

Directions

1

Pre heat the oven to 180°C/356°F/gas mark 4

Sour the milk with the vinegar and set aside for a minute or two while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.

Combine the sourdough starter and soured milk and mix till starter has loosen.

Then add mashed bananas, olive oil, vanilla extract, apple sauce, both sugars, shot of espresso, and mix.

Next sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt flakes and mix.

Finally add the chopped chocolate, and mix till combined. Option to let it rest and ferment a little further.

Spoon the mixture into a muffin tray (there will be leftover for a small cake), or into a prepared loaf tin.

Bake for 45-60 minutes with a bowl of hot water on a lower oven tray. Baking time can vary, check with a skewer to see if it's done.

Cool on a wire rack before cutting.

Chocolate Banana Sourdough Cake
IngredientsDirections

Also tasty as muffin-type mini-cakes

More sourdough discard yum, this time, adapted from here

Yields1 ServingCategory, , ,
 200 ml milk
 2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
 250 g Sourdough Starter
 2 Soft and Ripe Bananas (mashed)
 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
 60 ml Olive Oil
 ⅓ cup Apple Sauce
 200 g Brown Sugar
 150 g Castor Sugar
 1 cup Plain Flour
 75 g Cocoa Powder
 ½ tsp Baking Soda
 1 tsp Baking Powder
 1 tsp Sea Salt Flakes
 200 g Chocolate, roughly chopped
1

Pre heat the oven to 180°C/356°F/gas mark 4

Sour the milk with the vinegar and set aside for a minute or two while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.

Combine the sourdough starter and soured milk and mix till starter has loosen.

Then add mashed bananas, olive oil, vanilla extract, apple sauce, both sugars, shot of espresso, and mix.

Next sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt flakes and mix.

Finally add the chopped chocolate, and mix till combined. Option to let it rest and ferment a little further.

Spoon the mixture into a muffin tray (there will be leftover for a small cake), or into a prepared loaf tin.

Bake for 45-60 minutes with a bowl of hot water on a lower oven tray. Baking time can vary, check with a skewer to see if it's done.

Cool on a wire rack before cutting.