For a second time in a row, we had a whole bunch of overripe bananas, so I decided to make banana cake again. This time, I used Pille’s recipe, which she calls Christmassy Banana Cake. Unlike the other cake I made, this has slightly more ingredients — cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, vanilla sugar, and plain yogurt. Also, I added some chopped dark chocolate (that Raquel gave me — thanks Raquel!) to the ingredients.

After the cake is baked, Pille recommends covering it with chocolate glaze and chopped roasted hazlenuts. She has a delicious sounding chocolate sauce recipe, using Toblerone milk chocolate, to make the sauce (Actually, she couldn’t find Toblerone and used instead Tesco Finest Swiss milk chocolate with caramel pieces, which sounds just as good). However, when I was at the supermarket, I saw and picked up a bottle of Hershey’s chocolate flavored syrup. I thought that would be easier. It tasted okay. Next time, I’ll like to try to make my own chocolate sauce, instead of using the storebought one.

I couldn’t find hazelnuts, so instead I used walnuts, which I roasted before topping on the cake. Next time I’ll wait for the cake to cool completely before I pour the chocolate sauce on it. You can find the recipe for the banana cake here. Thanks, Pille!

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