Chocolate Banana Heaven Cake Recipe

This cake is sure to please! Your family and friends will love this combination of chocolate and bananas.

• Meal Type: Dessert
• Ethnicity: American
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: 45 minutes to 1 hour

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix (not pudding in the mix variety)
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup prepared Instant Coffee, cooled
• 4 medium ripe bananas, mashed
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 tsp. Instant Coffee
• 2 Tbsp. milk, warmed
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened
• 3 squares Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, melted
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup Chopped Pecans

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Cover bottoms of pans with wax paper, set aside.
2. Combine cake mix and cocoa powder in large bowl. Add the prepared coffee, bananas, eggs and water, beat with electric mixer on low speed 30 sec., stopping frequently to scrape bottom and side of bowl. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, pour evenly into prepared pans.
3. Bake 30 to 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes, remove from pans to wire racks. Immediately remove wax paper. Cool cake layers completely
4. Dissolve 1 tsp. instant coffee in the warm milk. Beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Add milk mixture; beat 2 min. Blend in melted chocolate. Add powdered sugar, beat until light and fluffy. Use to fill and frost cooled cake layers. Immediately press pecans into frosting on side of cake. Garnish with chocolate curls, if desired.