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Chocolate Chip Banana Squares

Egg free cake squares made with banana and chocolate chips that perfect with coffee, as an after school snack or simple dessert.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 9 squares

Ingredients
  

  • 75 gm butter softened at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1 large banana mashed (about 1/2 cup)
  • 2 to 3 tbsps milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 to 3 pods cardamom powdered (optional)
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsps baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup chocolate semi-sweet mini chips or chunks

Instructions
 

  • I prefer slightly chunky pieces when I mash bananas for these squares. Mash the banana with the milk using the tines of a fork.
  • Put the softened butter and brown sugar in a bowl and beat, using a hand held mixer, till fluffy and creamy. Mix in the mashed banana and vanilla.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the bowl,. Beat again (on medium speed) till the flour is incorporated into the batter. Fold in the chocolate chips or chunks
  • Scrape the batter out into a greased and floured square cake tin (7-inch x 7-inch) and bake at 180C (350F) for about 30 minutes or till done, and a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
    Cool in the tin for about 5 minutes and then unmould the cake. Cool completely on a rack and cut into squares. This recipe makes 9 big or 16 smaller chocolate chip and banana squares.