Today’s bake from Baking with Dorie by Dorie Greenspan is A Big Banana Cake. I made half the recipe, which was plenty for me, baking the cake in two 8″ round cake pans. I was surprised that there was no baking powder called for in the recipe, which may have contributed to the cake’s different texture.
While I love cookie butter, I can’t have it around (for obvious reasons), and, while I considered making it myself (ingredient issues), I chose to use something different. I had some dulce de leche on hand, left over from a previous recipe, so I thought I would give it a try as a substitute, and it worked just fine.
I was also able to use my ingredient-friendly chocolate sprinkles for decoration.
The cake tasted great. I think the allspice really enhanced the flavor of the banana. If I ever have extra bananas hanging around, I will consider making this cake again.
Stop by the Tuesdays with Dorie website to see which treat the other bakers made for today’s challenge.
