Chocolate Banana Cake

Ingredients

• 100g butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 banana, mashed
• ½ cup plain yoghurt or sour cream
• 1 ½ cups plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• pinch salt
• ¼ cup cocoa powder 
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ cup boiling water

Icing

• 1 cup icing sugar 
• 1 Tbsp cocoa powder 
• 50g butter, softened
• 1 ½ Tbsp boiling water

Direction

1. Preheat oven to 180°C fanbake.
2. Mix together butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in a large bowl. Add banana and yoghurt then stir again.
3. Sift in flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa.
4. Dissolve baking soda in boiling water then pour into bowl and fold everything together until combined. 
5. Pour mixture into a greased, lined cake tin.
6. Bake for 30-40 minutes until cake is cooked through.
7. For the icing: Combine icing sugar and cocoa powder. Add softened butter and pour in boiling water. Mix together with a knife or spatula, adding more water if required until smooth. Spread over cake once it has cooled.