Banana - Chocolate Zebra Cake

Ingredients:

Banana Batter

2 eggs
110 g sugar
25 g milk
85 g banana (1 banana), pureed
110 g oil
150 g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Chocolate Batter

2 eggs
110 g sugar
110 g milk
110 g oil
2 tbsp coco powder
150 g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Method:

To prepare the banana batter:

In a bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk eggs with sugar till creamy, pale and glossy.

Pour-in banana puree, milk and oil, whisk for a short while to form homogeneous batter.

Fold-in flours mixture and stir to incorporate well, set aside.

To prepare the chocolate batter:

In a bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk eggs with sugar till creamy, pale and glossy.

Pour-in milk and oil, whisk for a short while to form homogeneous batter.

Stir-in coco powder, whisk for a short while to mix thoroughly.

Fold-in flours mixture and stir to incorporate well, set aside.

Preheat oven to 170 °C.

To assemble:

Gradually, scoop a ladle of banana batter into the center of the lined 22cm pan, follow by another ladle of cocoa batter onto the middle of plain batter.

Alternate the two batters topping and layering till finish.

Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of cake comes out clean.

Remove cake from oven, let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes.

Run a thin flexible knife or spatula around the pan to loosen the cake, transfer cake onto a plate for serving.