VALENTINE'S BRUNCH

BANANA CAKE

This Valentine’s Day, celebrate love with a homemade brunch – Chocolate Banana Cake with Pecans, tea or coffee, fresh fruit and yogurt. Simple, delicious and served with love from the COSTA NOVA collections.

Chocolate Banana Pecan Cake

300g wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 pinch of fleur de sel
100g light brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
2 large eggs (lightly beaten)
150ml natural yogurt
50ml extra virgin olive oil
2 large bananas (mashed)
75g dark chocolate (chopped or in chips)
75g pecan nuts (chopped)

Chocolate Banana Pecan Cake

300g wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 pinch of fleur de sel
100g light brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
2 large eggs (lightly beaten)
150ml natural yogurt
50ml extra virgin olive oil
2 large bananas (mashed)
75g dark chocolate (chopped or in chips)
75g pecan nuts (chopped)

Preparation

STEP 1

Preheat the oven to 180ºC and line a loaf tin with baking paper.

STEP 2

In a Pacifica kitchen bowl, mix together the flour, cinnamon, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

STEP 3

In another Pacifica kitchen bowl, mash the bananas and mix with the eggs, yogurt and olive oil.

STEP 4

Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, stirring just until combined. Add the chocolate and pecans.

STEP 5

Pour the batter into the pan and bake for about 50 minutes, until golden and cooked through.

STEP 6

Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

Preparation

STEP 1

Preheat the oven to 180ºC and line a loaf tin with baking paper.

STEP 2

In a Pacifica kitchen bowl, mix together the flour, cinnamon, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

STEP 3

In another Pacifica kitchen bowl, mash the bananas and mix with the eggs, yogurt and olive oil.

STEP 4

Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, stirring just until combined. Add the chocolate and pecans.

STEP 5

Pour the batter into the pan and bake for about 50 minutes, until golden and cooked through.

STEP 6

Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.