Eggless Chocolate Banana Cake

Name: Eggless Chocolate Banana Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 1/3 cup Butter (unsalted, melted); 1/2 cup Jaggery Powder (check notes for substitute); 2 Bananas (medium, over-ripe); 1/2 cup Buttermilk (check description below if you want to make buttermilk from scratch); 1 tsp Vanilla Extract; 1 1/4 cup Whole Wheat Flour; 1/4 cup Cocoa Powder (unsweetened); 3/4 tsp Baking soda; 3/4 tsp Baking powder; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/2 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (plus optionally, 2 Tbsp extra for sprinkling on top of cake batter)

This Eggless Chocolate Banana Cake is all you need for your next healthy baking idea. The soft, moist and delicious banana and double chocolate cake is not only egg free, but also refined flour free and refined sugar free cake, as it is made with whole wheat flour and jaggery powder.

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Eggless banana cake with chocolate chips on top and inside. — Eggless Chocolate Banana Bread

What better than a healthy banana cake, that too a chocolatey one! Yes, this eggless double chocolate banana cake is what I am talking about.

Made with whole wheat flour, and sweetened with jaggery powder, this delicious banana and chocolate loaf cake is extremely soft and moist. Don’t be disappointed with the egg free part, the buttermilk imparts an amazing texture and softness to the cake, making it a perfect substitute to egg, and also making the cake even more delicious.

Ingredients & Substitutes

Butter

I have used unsalted butter here. If you plan to use salted butter, then just skip the salt mentioned in the recipe ingredients. Also, you have to use melted butter for the recipe. It is best to melt the butter before you start making the recipe as it will cool down by that time.

Jaggery Powder

Jaggery powder is an unrefined form of sugar, which comes from sugarcane or sap of palm. It’s basically a healthier form of the refined sugar which is generally used for baking. But, if you don’t have jaggery powder available, then feel free to substitute it with equal amount of coconut palm sugar.

Bananas

Bananas are the heart of this banana bread recipe, and are definitely irreplaceable. Use medium sized bananas, and also, it’s best to use over ripe bananas for best results.

Buttermilk

Buttermilk is used in this recipe as a substitute for eggs. If you don’t have ready-made buttermilk available, I have explained how to make buttermilk at home for this recipe in the description down below. Alternatively, if you don’t want to use buttermilk, then you can replace it with equal amount of yogurt.

Whole Wheat Flour

Whole wheat flour or Atta is a healthier substitute to the refined flour or all purpose flour.

Cocoa Powder

Unsweetened cocoa powder is best used for making the chocolate loaf here. I am using one from Trader Joe’s for this recipe, but you can use whichever brand’s cocoa powder is available at hand with you, just make sure it’s an unsweetened one.

Chocolate Chips

I am using Semi-sweet chocolate chips here, as they render the perfect amount of chocolatey sweetness. The milk chocolate chips can be way too sweet, so I would recommend to avoid that. But if you want, you can definitely go ahead with using a mixture of dark and semi-sweet ones.

Other Ingredients

The rest of the ingredients in this recipe include baking soda, baking powder, salt and vanilla extract.

Banana cake on a white tray with a slice of cake by the side.

How do you make Eggless Double Chocolate Banana Bread (Step-by-step)

(Optional) If you don’t have ready made buttermilk available, then prepare buttermilk by adding 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice and add enough milk to fill 1/2 cup in the measuring bowl (approx 1/2 cup milk). Mix it and keep it aside, buttermilk is ready.

Lemon juice added to bowl to make buttermilk.

Milk mixed in lemon juice to make buttermilk.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees Celsius). Mash the bananas in a bowl until smooth. Add the melted butter, buttermilk, vanilla extract and jaggery powder to the mashed bananas and mix it thoroughly.

Using a sieve, sift whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt over the wet ingredients mix.
Gently fold in dry ingredients with the wet ingredients mixture using a spatula. Do not over-mix at this stage. Finally add the half cup of chocolate chips and fold them to the cake batter.

Dry ingredients added to the sieve on top of a bowl.

Dry ingredients mixed with wet ingredients to form cake batter.

Grease a standard loaf pan (8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches) with some oil (or butter), and dust with whole wheat flour. Pour batter into greased and dusted loaf pan. Sprinkle the extra 2 tablespoon of chocolate chips on top.
Bake in the preheated oven for around 55-60 minutes or till the cake is done (when the inserted toothpick comes out clean).

Cake batter added to loaf tin with chocolate chips sprinkled on top.

Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool before slicing and serving. You can store it in the refrigerator in an airtight container and use within a week.

FAQs

I don’t have a loaf pan to make this cake, what can I use instead of a loaf pan?

I have used a standard loaf pan measuring 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches here. The amount of batter it can hold is around 6 cups. Instead of the loaf pan, you can use an 8×2 inches round cake pan.

What is the alternative used for egg while making eggless cakes?

General egg substitutes for cake include buttermilk, yogurt, milk, applesauce or mashed banana. This recipe uses buttermilk as an egg substitute, and works perfectly for creating a soft and fluffy cake.

I don’t have lemon juice available to make buttermilk, what can I replace it with?

If you don’t have lemon juice available, simply substitute it with same amount of white vinegar. Both lemon juice and vinegar work well for creating buttermilk.

Eggless Banana Chocolate cake slices on a white plate.

More Eggless Recipes

This recipe is a part of Julie & Julia series that I had started to document the first 100 recipes on the blog. This one is recipe #74. Also, don’t forget to check out the video of this egg free chocolate banana cake on YouTube, it is linked below in the recipe card.

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